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men, chesnut-purple : the parotic region white : the 

 neck and breast green-blue, transversely striped with 

 black and w^hite : the shoulders scarlet : the quills 

 and nuchal collar blue : the back, wings, sides, the 

 base of the tail above, and its upper and under co- 

 verts green. 



Sp. 7. Ps. frontata. Zool. Journ. ( Vigors.) v. ii. p. 389. 



Fs.viridis, capitis fronte cceruleo; humeris coccineis; spatio inter 

 oculos rostrumque nudo. 



Green Psittacara with the fore part of the head blue | the shoul- 

 ders scarlet ; the space between the eyes and beak naked. 



Length twelve inches and a half : the wings and 

 tail above green, beneath yellowish-brown : the under 

 coverts crimson. 



Sp. 8. Ps. Lichtensteinii. Zool. Journ. {Vigors.) v. ii. p. 390. 



Ps. viridis, capite nigrescente-brunneoj postice aureo variegate ; 

 fascia frontali angustd, regione paroticd, ahdomine medio, uro- 

 pygio cauddque infra castaneo-purpureis ; torque nuchali pec- 

 toreque cceruleis; humeris coccineis. 



Green Psittacara with the head dusky-brown, variegated behind 

 with golden ; with a narrow frontal fascia, the parotic region, 

 the middle of the abdomen, the rump, and the tail beneath, 

 purple chesnut ; a nuchal collar and the breast blue ; the shoul- 

 ders scarlet. 



Length ten inches and a half : the feathers of the 

 head dusky-brown, the tips of the hinder ones mar- 

 gined with gold, forming a golden spot behind the 

 ears : primary quills above blue, the first excepted, 

 which is blue-black, with their inner webs yellow- 

 brown at the base and dusky at the tips ; the seconda- 

 ries green, internally yellow-brown at the base : the 

 lower coverts green. 



