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PARROT SPARUS. 



Sparus Psittacus. S. rostro curmto, corpore utrinque longU 



tudinaliter striata. 

 Sparus with curved snout, and longitudinally-striated body. 

 Spare Perroquet. Cepede. 4. p. 47. 



Much allied to the preceding species : observed 

 by Commerson in the Indian seas. 



VIRGINIAN SPARUS. 



Sparus Virginicus. S. fasciis duabus transversis nigris, lineis 

 plurimis longitudinalibus ccerukis. 



Sparus with two black transverse bands, and numerous longi- 

 tudinal blue lines. 



Sparus Virginicus. Lin. Gmel. 



Gill-covers subserrated : body marked by nu- 

 merous parallel longitudinal streaks : the first black 

 band passes across the eyes : the second from the 

 Shoulders, over the sides of the thorax, to the pecto- 

 ral fins ; tail bilobate and obtuse. Native of the 

 American seas. 



