PSITTACID^. 141 



Inhabits the Isle of St. Thomas. Length four 

 inches and a quarter : uniform deep green, rather 

 yellowish beneath : the region of the beak in the 

 male bounded by yellow ; in the female with greenish- 

 yellow : the tail beneath pale yellowish-green, towards 

 the tip of a brownish-yellow : the inner web of the 

 wings black, the secondary quills yellowish : the beak 

 pale : the female with the forehead yellowish-green. 



Sp. 3. Ps. Tui. Psittacus Tui. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 547. — Psitta- 

 culus Tui. Spix, Avium Nova Spec. p. 39. — Cayenne and 

 Brazil. 



Sp. 4. Ps. surda. 



P.S ? periopthalmis nudis, cinerascentihis, remigibus secundariis 

 apice nigris, cauda siihcunelfornii, ferrugineo-jiavd, marginibus 

 apiceque nigris; rectricibus duabus intermediis, apice e.xcepto, 

 viridibus. 



Parrakeet with the pei-iopthalmi naked ash-coloured, the second- 

 ary quills black at the tips; the tail somewhat Avedged, of a 

 rusty-yellowj its edges and tip black ; the two middle feathers, 

 the tip excepted, green. 



Psittacus surdus. Illiger. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. {Kuhl.) 

 V. X. p. 59. — Psittacus ochrurus. Pr. Max. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length six inches and three- 

 quarters : the beak yellow j round the eyes naked, 

 cinereous : the face and regions of the beak yellow- 

 brownish : the under parts deep-green, the upper 

 and sides of the neck livid-green : the shoulder, 

 back and rump beautiful deep-green : the secondary 

 quills black at the tip : the scapulars olive-brown : 

 the tail slightly wedged, rusty-yellow, with its edges 

 and tip black ; the two middle feathers, excepting 

 the tip, green. The young have the lateral margin 

 of the tail marked with green. 



