142 rSITTACIDiE. 



Sp. 5. Ps. melanotus. 



Ps. dorso, scapulis urojvjgioque bninneo-iiigris; cmidu piirjmreo' 



coccineaifosci'l lata apicali et laterali ciiictd, reclricibus inter- 



mediis vlr'idi nigroqiie terminatls. 

 Parrakeet with the back, scapulars and rump brown-black ; the tail 



purple-scarlet, bounded by a broad terminal and lateral band ; 



the two middle tail-feathers terminated with black and green. 

 Psittacus melanotus Lichstenslein. — Psittacus erythrurus. Pr. 



MaximiUian. — Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. [Kidil.) v. x. p. 59. 



Inhabits Brazil. The size and form of the pre- 

 ceding : green : back, scapulars and rump brown- 

 black : the abdomen sprinkled with grey : the an- 

 terior margin of the wing red : the tail purple-scarlet, 

 bounded by a broad terminal and lateral band ; the 

 intermediate feathers tipped with black and green. 



Sp. 6. Ps. purpurata. Kuhl. 



Psittacus porphyrurus. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 547. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 7. Ps. melanoptera. 



Psittacus melanopterus. Shaio, v. viii. p. 548. pi. 83. — Trinity 

 Island, South America. 



Sp. 8. Ps. pileata. 



Psittacus pileatus. Gmel. — Psittacus Caica. Shatv, v. viii. 

 p. 542. — Guiana. 



Sp. 9. Ps. Barrabandi. Kuhl. 



Psittacus Caica var. ? Skaiv, v. viii. p. 542. — Brazil. 

 Sp. 10. Ps. .'' vulturina. 

 Ps.f* capite calvo, nigricante ; torque cervicali rectricumque vexillis 



internisjiavis, alarum tectricibus hiferioribus coccineis, humeris 



aiirantiis. 

 Pari'akeet .^ with the head bald, dusky, a cervical collar and the 



inner webs of the tail-feathers yellow ; the lower wing-coverts 



scarlet; the shoulders oi'ange. 

 Psittacus vulturinus. lUiger.—'Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 



{Kuhl.) V. X. p. 62. 



