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PARROT. 



from chin to tail yellow-green ; wing coverts deep rich scarlet, sur- 

 rounded with black ; quills black, edged with dull green ; tail rounded 

 in shape, yet scarcely to be called cuneiform ; the middle feathers 

 dull green, with yellowish ends, the outmost like those of the wings, 

 and others more or less marked with red ; legs dusky. 



The female differs in having a green back, and the wing coverts 

 green, except a few of the greater, which are scarlet ; some of the 

 outer tail feathers red on the inner webs. 



Inhabits New South Wales. Fine specimens of both sexes in the 

 Museum of the Linnaean Society. 



199— RED-BANDED PARROT. 



Psittacus Dominicensis, Lid. Orn. i. 126. Gm. Lin. i. 343. 

 Papegai a bandeau rouge, Buf. vi. 241 PI. enl. 792. 

 Red-banded Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 300. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill pale flesh-colour; on 

 the forehead from one eye to the other a band of red ; plumage in 

 general green, rather dark, marked as it were with scales of black 

 on the neck and back ; stomach reddish ; quills blue ; legs ash- 

 colour. 



Inhabits Guiana, as also Paraguay. One of these, in my pos- 

 session, when alive, had the eye surrounded with a naked white skin ; 

 the hides hazel ; the band does not cover the whole forehead, but 

 only just over the bill. 



200— CRIMSON-BANDED PARROT. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill pale red ; plumage chiefly olive, 

 or yellow green ; forehead crimson, passing on each side and sur- 

 rounding the eye ; below on the ears a crimson spot ; edge of the 



