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GENUS CCXIX— BROTOGERIS, Vigors. 



Rostrum attenuatum, com- 



pressum : mandihida in- 

 ferior elongata, vix emar- 



ginata. 

 Al(S mediocres : remigibus 



tribus primis fere aequali- 



bus. 

 Pedes mediocres. 

 Cauda subelongata, gradata. 



5^aA; attenuated, compressed : 

 the lower mandible elon- 

 gated, scarcely notched. 



Wings moderate : the three 

 first quills nearly even. 



Legs moderate. 

 Tail rather elongated, gra- 

 dated. 



Sp. 1. Br. pyrrhopterus. Zool. Journ. {Vigors.') v. ii. p. 394. 



Psittacus pyrrliopteiois. Shaw, v. viii. p. 4/0. Zool. Journ. 

 {Vigors.) V. i. p. 535. pi. supp. 4. — Southern Islands. 



Sp. 2. Br. Sparmanni. 



Br. toto corpore ceeruleo. 

 Brotogeris with the entire body blue. 



Psittacus Sparmanni. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kukl.) v. x. 

 p. 68. — Perruche Sparman. Le Vaill. Per. QQ. 



Inhabits Otaheite. Length six inches : the 

 entire body blue, with the feathers of the head 

 narrow and lucid : the neck in front bluish-white : 

 the beak and legs red : the tail shorter than the 

 body. 



Sp, 3. Br. friugillaceus. 



Psittacus pipilans. SJiavj, v. viii. p. 4/2. pi. 69. — Southern 

 Islands. 

 Sp. 4. Br? phigy. 



Psittacus coccineus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 472. — New Holland. 



