PSITTACA* CALITA, nobis. 

 Calita Parrakeet. 



PLATE LXXXII. 



P. Mas. fronte, genis, gula, pectore abdomineque griseis ; pectore basi pluraa- 

 rum obscurioribus ; capite, posteriis auriculorum, dorso caudseque superiore 

 viridibus ; nucha griseo-viride ; remigibus coeruleis. 



Pcem. coloribus obscurioribus. 



A.MONG the various forms of the Psittacidce which have been of late years 

 characterised, that which our figure represents appears yet unnoticed, and 

 we have ventured to affix the above appellation to the section, of which 

 our present species and the Psittacus cruentatus of Temminck will be ty- 

 pical. As a small group, it will be characterised by its strong bill, some- 

 what flattened on the culmen ; the tail of middle length, and graduated ; 

 the general colour green, with the feathers on the breast yellowish, grey, 

 or bluish, tipped with a paler or darker shade, and distributed in an imbri- 

 cated form so as to resemble scales. Their geographical distribution South 

 America. 



We are indebted to our friend Dr Gillies, who for several years past 

 has resided in the Province of Mendoza in South America, for the use of 

 several specimens of this beautiful parrakeet, which he brought alive with 

 him on his return to Great Britain. We are also indebted to him for some 

 very interesting remarks upon their natural history, which will be added 

 after our short description of the colours and plumage. 



The forehead, cheeks, breast, and belly, are rich silvery grey, on the 

 breast having the base of the feathers of a darker shade, giving to that 



* Beisson adopts this title for a section, including the long-tailed Parrakeets, but of various 

 forms, Paleornns, Conurus, Lorius, &c. 



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