PSITTACIDiE. 



of the rest of the plumage ochre, fore-part of the 

 breast, and the two middle tail-feathers green j deepest 

 on the breast : from the last to the thighs yellow : 

 thighs and vent pale green : the second quills ultra- 

 marine-blue : primaries black, edged with grey : 

 under wing-coverts verditer-blue : the tail cuneiform, 

 eight inches long; the two middle-feathers green, 

 with blue ends, the others verditer or pale-blue : legs 

 dusky. 



Sp. 6. PI. Tabuensis. Vigors. 



Psittacus atropurpureus. Shaw, v, viii. p. 409.— -Tabuan Par- 

 rot. Lath. Gen, Hist. v. ii. p. l\5. pi. xxii. — Tongataboo. 

 Sp. 7. PI. scapulatus. 



Psittacus scapulatus. Becks, Nov, Act. Acad, Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) 

 V. X. p. 56.— Psittacus Tabuensis. Shaxv, v, viii. p. 407. pi' 55. 

 — Society Islands. 



Sp. 8. PI. pacificus. ZooL Journ. {Vigors.) v. i.p, 531. 



Psittacus pacificus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 419. — The Islands of the 

 Pacific Ocean. 

 Sp. 9. PI.'* erythronotus. 



Pl.^* uropygio ex sangineo purpureo ; Jronte brunnescente ; rostra 

 corneOi basi plumbeo. 



Plactycercus ? with the rump of a sanguineous purple ; the fore- 

 head brownish 5 the beak horn-coloured, with its base leaden. 



Psittacus erythronotus. Nova Act. Acad, Nat, Cur, {Kuhl.) 

 V. X. p. 45. 



Allied to the immediately preceding species : the 

 back, wing-coverts and under side olive : the rump 

 of a sanguineous-purple : the forehead brownish : the 

 head green : the face deep green : the beak horn- 

 colour, with its base plumbeous, and rather stout : 

 the tail above bluish, greenish in the middle : the 

 quills bay brown, the stouter webs blue : the tarsi 

 elevated. 



