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PSITTACIDJE. 



Sp. 3. Ps. versicolor. 



Psittacus versicolor. Shaw, v. viii. p. 405. 

 Sp. 4. Ps. vittatus. 



Psittacus vittatus. Shaxv, v. viii. p. 404. 

 Sp. 5. Ps. auricapillus. 



Fs. front e coccinea; temporibus ahdomine uropygioque purpureis; 



pectore guldque ex ruhescente-viridi-Jlavis ; alarum tectricibus 



inferioribus purpurea -coccineis. 

 Psittacus with the forehead scarlet; the temples, abdomen, and 



rump purple; the breast and throat of a reddish -green -yellow ; 



the lower wing-coverts of a purple-scarlet. 

 Psittacus auricapillus. Lich. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (KukL) 



V. X. p. 20. 



Inhabits Brazil. Green : the forehead scarlet : 

 the temples, abdomen, and rump purple : the head 

 above golden: the breast and throat of a reddish- 

 yellow-green ; the secondary quills and external pri- 

 maries blue : the under wing-coverts scarlet-purple : 

 the tail beneath yellow-black, above at the base yel- 

 low-green, the greater part of the tip blue. The 

 young have the head above yellow-green ; the anterior 

 part of the forehead above scarlet. 



Sp. 6. Ps. leucotis. 



Ps. regione paroticd albd; collo pectoreque viridi-carulescentibus, 

 transversim albo nigroque striatis; humeris coccineis. 



Psittacara with the parotic region white ; the neck and breast 

 green-blue transversely striped with black and white; the 

 shoulder scarlet. 



Psittacus leucotis. Lich. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. {Kuhl,) 

 V. X. p. 21. 



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Inhabits Brazil. Length eight inches and a half : 

 the head brown, varied with blue : a spot at the man- 

 dible, the tail, the rump, and lower part of the abdo- 



