PSITTACUS PORPHYRURUS. 



Character Gexi ricus. 



Roftrurn aduncum : mandibula fuperiore mobile 



cera inllruda. 

 Nares in roftri bafi. 

 Lingua carnofa, obtufa, Integra. 

 Pedes fcanforii. 



/ in, S)ft. Nat. p* 13$, 



Character Specific us, 



PSITTACtJS brachyurus viridis, uropygio cy- 

 aneo, re&ricibus (exceptis intermediis dua- 

 bus) purpureis. 



Ohf. Caudbe te&rices valde produ&se ; reprices apice fubquadrattf, 

 nigra fimbriate. 



Latham, vol. I. p^ 3a J. 



Poirttiofam hanc avicutam, Cayanam in America 

 Auftrali incolentem, colores decorani praeter folitum 

 vividi ct fplcndcntcs. Pnrcipuc diftinguitur hsec fpe 

 cies rcdricibus, feu caudse pennia purpureis ; exceptis 

 intermediis, quae virent. Species fui generis Fere ra- 

 riffima dl, et (ul putoj nunc primum pi&ura in pub- 

 licum evulgata. 



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