PSITTACIDiE. 



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Pl. capite nigroy macula ad mandibulam albd, cceruleO'Circum- 

 data, 



I'latycercus with the head black, and a white spot at the lower 

 beak edged with blue. 



Psittacus Brownii. Linii. Trans. (Temm.) v. xiii. p. 119. — 

 Brown's Parrot. Laih. Gen. Hist. v. ii. p. 139. — Psittacus 

 venustus. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) v. x. p. 52. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length eleven inches : 

 beak dusky-grey; crown of the head full black, as 

 far as the eyes : on the cheek a large patch of white : 

 on the upper parts of the body the feathers are black 

 in the middle, with a margin of yellow : rump, fore 

 part of the neck, breast and belly yellowish-white, 

 fringed with dusky or black : shoulders and wing- 

 coverts blue : under wing-coverts also blue : quills 

 dusky, edged with blue : tail greatly cuneiform, blue ; 

 the two middle feathers deeper in colour, the others 

 growing paler towards the ends, which are nearly 

 white : legs black. 



Sp. 5. PI. Baueri. 



Pl. viridis, capite nigro; macula ad mandibulam cceruled; abdo- 



mine medio collique postici torque Jlavis. 

 Green Platycercus with the head black ; a blue spot at the lower 



mandible ; the middle of the abdomen, and a collar on the neck, 



yellow. 



Psittacus Baueri. Linn. Trans. ( Temm.) v. xiii. p. 1 18. — Bauer's 

 Parrot. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. ii. p. 120. — Psittacus cyanomelus. 

 Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. {Kuhl.) v. x. p. 53. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length eleven inches : 

 beak pale : head and part of the neck black : cheeks, 

 throat and feathers which fall over the lower mandible, 

 more or less ultramarine-blue ; neck behind dun- 

 yellow, nearly in shape of a crescent : general colour 



