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PSITTACID^. 



Psittacus ultramarinus. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) v. x, 

 p. 49. 



The forehead, neck behind, back, wings, and tail 

 are of a fine ultramarine : the head above, the breast, 

 carpus, and tibiae blue : the neck in front, and the 

 abdomen, are varied with white and brown : the 

 upper mandible is yellow, the lower horn-colour ; the 

 wings long, tail rounded, the length of the body. 



Sp. 8. Na? palmarum. 



Psittacus palmarum. Skaxv, v. viii. p. 468. — Tanna. 



GENUS CCXIV.—PLATYCERCUS, Vigors. 



Rostrum breviusculum : man- 

 dibula superior rotundata, 

 dilata; iriferiorhr e\is, pro- 

 funde emarginata, apice 

 quadrata, rayxa convexa, 

 glabra, Integra. 



Nares rotundas, in ceromate 

 angusto medio emarginato, 

 positae. 



Aloe rotundatse. 



Cauda lata, depressa, sub- 

 rotundata, gradata, rec- 

 tricibus apice subrotundis. 



Beah rather short : the upper 

 mandible rounded, dilated ; 

 lower short, deeply emar- 

 ginated, its tip quadrate, 

 the myxa convex, glabrous, 

 intire. 



Nostrils rounded, placed in 

 a narrow cere which is 

 notched in the middle. 



Wings rounded. 



Tail broad, depressed, some- 

 what rounded, gradated, 

 the feathers rather rounded 

 at the tip. 



Sp. 1 . PI. Pennantii. 



Psittacus Pennantii. Shaw, v. viii. p. 410. pi. 56. — New Hol- 

 land. 



Sp. 2. PI. xanthogaster. 



Psittacus flavigaster. Linn. Trans. {Temm.) v. xiii. p. 117. 



Sp. 3. PI. eximius. 



Psittacus eximius. Shatv, v. viii. p. 411. pi. 57.— New Holland. 



Sp. 4. PI. Brownii. 



