118 PSITTACIDiE. 



GENUS CCXIII.— NANODES, Vigors. 



Rostrum parvum, breve ; 



mandibula superior rotun- 



data, inferior brevis sub- 



emarginata. 

 Alee mediocres. 

 Pedes subgraciles ; tarsi sub- 



elongati. 

 Cauda elongata, gradata. 

 Caput plumosum. 



BeaJc small, short ; the upper 

 mandible rounded, the 

 lower short, somewhat 

 emarginated. 



Wings moderate. 



Legs rather slender; tarsi 

 somewhat elongated. 



Tail elongated, gradated. 



Head plumose. 



Pezoporus {pars) ^ Kuhl. 



The Nanodes appear to be confined to the vast 

 continent of New Holland, and the islands imme- 

 diately adjoining. 



Sp. 1. Na. discolor. 



Psittacus discolor. Shaw, v. viii.^. 466. 

 Sp. 2. Na. pulchellus. 



Psittacus pulchellus. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 470. Linn. Trans, 

 (Temm.) v. xiii. ^. 122. — Psittacus chrysogaster. Skatv, v. viii. 

 p.468j young. 

 Sp. 3. Na. venustus. 



Na. loris et periophthalmisJiams,aut mridi-Jlams ; fascia angustd 

 frontali ad oculos productd cceruled; collo antico pectoreque 

 Icete viridibus; abdomine flavo. 



Nanodes with the lores and ophthalmic region yellow, or greenish- 

 yellow J a narrow frontal band from one eye to the other, blue 5 

 the neck in front and the breast deep green; the abdomen 

 yellow. 



Psittacus venustus. Lmn. Trans. {Temm.) v. xiii.^. 121.— rPsit- 

 tacus chrysostomos. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) v. x. 

 p. 51. pi, I.; male. 



Inhabits Australia. Length eight inches and a 

 half : lores and round the eyes yellow : a narrow blue 



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