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rSITTACID.E. 



Psittacus ultraniarinus. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) v. x. 

 J}. 49. 



The forehead, neck behind, back, wings, and tail 

 are of a fine ultramarine : the head above, the breast, 

 carpus, and tibiae blue : the neck in front, and the 

 abdomen, are varied with white and brown : the 

 upper mandible is yellow, the lower horn-colour ; the 

 wings long, tail rounded, the length of the body. 



Sp. 8. Na? palmarum. 



Psittacus palmarum. S/taxv, v. viii. p. 468. — Tanua. 



GENUS CCXIV.— PLATYCERCUS, Vigors. 



Rostrum breviusculum : man- 

 d'lbida superior rotundata, 

 dilata; i;//tviorbrevis, pro- 

 funde eniarginata, apice 

 qiiadrata, myxa convexa, 

 glabra, Integra. 



Narcs rotundae, in ceromate 

 angusto medio emarginato, 

 posita^. 



AJlv rotundatEB. 



Cauda lata, depressa, sub- 

 rotundata, gradata, rec- 

 tricibus apice subrotundis. 



BcaJc rather short : the upper 

 mandible vowwAed, dilated ; 

 hicer short, deeply emar- 

 glnated, its tip quadrate, 

 the myxa convex, glabrous, 

 intire. 



Nostrils rounded, placed in 

 a narrow cere which is 

 notched in the middle. 



JVings rounded. 



Tail broad, depressed, some- 

 what rounded, gradated, 

 the feathers rather rounded 

 at the tip. 



Sp. ] . PI. Penuantii. 



Psittacus Penuautii. Shaic, v. viii. p. 410. pi. 56 — New Hol- 

 land. 

 Sp. 2. PI. xanthogaster. 



Psittacus flavigaster. Li)in. Trans. {Tcmm.) v. \m. p. 117. 



Sp. 3. PI. e.\imius. 



Psittacus eximius. Shaiv, v. viii.^;. AW. pi. 57. — New Ilolhuid. 



Sp. 4. PI. Browiiii. 



