ORNITHOLOGY. 



PLATE XXX. 



PSITTACUS MELANOPTERUS 

 BLACK WINGED PARRAKEET. 



Order 



PiCiE. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill falcated ; upper mandible moveable and in general covered 

 with a cere ; nostrils rounded, placed in the base of the bill : tongue 

 fleshy, obtuse, entire : feet formed for climbing. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Pale green, back and wings black: secondary wing feathers 

 yellow, at the tip blue : tail purple with a black band. 



