144 PSITTACID.l^. 



Psittacus roseicollis. Vieillot. Nova Act. Acrid. Naf. Cur. (Ku/d.) 

 V. X. p. 03. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Length six inches : 

 beak stout : plumage pale green : the forehead and 

 eyebrows red : the face and neck in front rosy : the 

 lower wing-coverts blue-green : the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts azure : the tail scarlet, with its tip bluish, 

 a black band at the tip, the outer webs edged with 

 green. 



Sp. 14. Ps. Galgula. 



Psittacus Galgulus. Shaiv. v. viii. p 550. — Philippine Islands, 

 Sp. 15. Ps. Philippensis. 



Psittacus Philippensis. Brisson. — Psittacus Galgalus, var. 

 Shaiv, V. vni. p. 550. — Philippine Islands. 

 Sp. 16. Ps. vernalis. 

 Ps. viridis capite magis splcndcnte ; rostro ruhro ; uropygio coc~ 



cineo. 

 Green Parakeet with the head more splendid; the beak redj the 



rump scarlet. 

 Psittacus vernalis. Sparmann. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 



(Kuhl.) V. -a. p. G5. 



Inhabits Java and Timor. Size and form of Ps. 

 Galgalus : green, with the head more splendid : the 

 beak red : the under side of the body yellowish-green : 

 the tail bluish : the rump and upper tail-coverts splen- 

 did scarlet : the throat sometimes a little tinged with 

 flame-colour. 



Sp. 1/. Ps. Indica. 



Psittacus minor. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 553. — Psittacus Asiaticus. 

 Shaiu, V. viii. /;. 553. — India. 

 Sp. 18. Ps. torquata. 



Psittacus torquatus. Shaw, v viii. p. 551. — Luzonia. 

 Sp. 19. Ps. simplex. 



