152 PARROT. 



forehead scarlet ; crown of the head fine blue, paler behind ; upper 

 parts of the body deep green, beneath paler; prime quills blue on the 

 outer webs ; tail greatly cuneiform, the two middle feathers longer 

 than the outer by more than three inches and a half; legs greenish 

 flesh-colour. 



Inhabits the hotter parts of America. 



A.— Psittac. vertice creruleo, fronte lutea, Gerin. ii. t. 127 ? 



Perruche a front jaune, PI. enl. 838. 



Buff-fronted Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 61. Shaw's Zool. viii. 455. 



Length ten inches. Bill dusky ; forehead buff-colour ; in some 

 deeper, or yellow ; round the eye a patch of deep yellow, pointed 

 behind ; crown blue, changing into greenish at the back part ; sides 

 of the head and throat, pale greenish ash ; general colour of the 

 plumage as the upper parts ; wings, and tail green ; breast inclining 

 to yellow ; second quills deep blue, forming a bar ; prime quills 

 blue, with green edges ; tail cuneiform, the middle feathers five 

 inches long, the outer two inches and three quarters, the ends of all 

 bluish; legs dusky red. 



In Linnaeus's bird the crown was green, probably differing in sex. 



60.— BROWN-THROATED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus seiuginosus, Ind.Orn.\. 95. Lin.i. 112. Gm. Lin.i. 323. 



Psittaca martinieana, Bris. iv. 356. Id. 8vo.ii. 139. 



Perriche k Gorge brune, Buf. vi. 257. 



Brown-throated Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 243. Edw. pi. 177. Shaws Zool. vii. 455. 



LENGTH ten inches and a half. Bill, cere, and orbits ash- 

 coloured ; hides hazel; plumage green above, yellow green beneath; 

 crown of the head, from eye to eye, greenish blue ; the feathers at 

 the base of the bill, the cheeks, throat, and fore part of the neck 



