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psittacidje; 



and intermediate tail-feathers most splendid green; 

 the lateral tail-feathers, with the tips of the outer 

 webs blue ; the base, inner webs, and vent san- 

 guineous. 



Sp. 9. Ps. purpureus. Kuhl. 



Ps. menstruus, foem? Shavo, v. viii. p. 540. — Guiana. 

 Sp. 10. Ps. sordidus. Linn. Syst. Nat A. p. 148. 

 Ps. guld rectricibusque lateribus extern^ ccsruleis ; crisso sangui- 



neo; latere infer o rufo-brunnescente. 

 Parrot with the throat and lateral tail-feathers externally blue ; 



the vent blood-colour ; the under side red-brown. 



Dusky Parrot. Eduoards Glean. — Perroquet brun. Le Vaill. 

 Perr. pi. lOi, — Psittacus sordidus. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. 

 Cur. {Kuhl.) V. X. p. 74. 



Inhabits Brazil. Moderate size : allied to Ps. 

 menstruus : the throat and lateral tail-feathers are 

 blue : the head above and scapulars are greenish- 

 brown : the vent is blood-red : the cheeks, nape, face, 

 and wings green : the under parts reddish-brown : 

 the beak red, yellowish towards the base. 



Sp. 11. Ps. Amazonicus. ShaW) v. viii.jo. 493. 74. — Psitta- 

 cus poikylorhynchus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 49 1 . — Psittacus Aurora. 

 Shatv, V. viii. p. 502. — Psittacus Paradisi. Shaw, v. viii. ^. 501 . 

 pi. 75, — Guiana and Surinam. 



Sp. 12. Pr. aestivus. Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 146. — Psittacus Aurora, 

 Shaw, V. viii. JO. 508.;?/. 76. — Brazil. 



Sp. 13. Ps. Bouqueti. Le Vaill. Per. 135. — Psittacus caeruli- 

 frons. Shaw, v. viii.;?. 513. — Brazil. 



Sp. 14. Ps. cyanotis. Temminck. Nova Act. Acad. Nat, Cur. 

 {Kuhl.) V. X. p. 77. — Psittacus Brasiliensis. Shaw, v. viii. 

 p. 5l4.pl. 77.— Peru. 



Sp. 15. Ps. erythrurus. Nova Act* Acad. Nat. Cur. {Kuhl.) 



' V. X. p. 77. 



