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Sp. 10. PI. auriceps. Zool. Journ. (Vigors.) v. i. p. 531. 

 Pl. viridis suUus pallidior, Jascid front ali crissoque ccccineis ; 

 vertice Jlavo. 



Green Platycercus paler beneath j with a frontal band and the 



vent scarlet ; the crown yellow. 

 Psittacus pacificus. Lath. Ind. Orn, var. a. — Psittacus auriceps. 



Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) p. 46. 



Inhabits ? Length about eight inches 



and three quarters : the beak is silvery, with its tip 

 black : the wings and quills blue at the base : the 

 tail-feathers green, edged with yellow, beneath yel- 

 lowish. 



Sp. 11. PI. Ulietanus. Zool. Journ. (Vigors.) v. i.p, 633, 



Psittacus Ulietanus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 457. — The Society 

 Islands. 



Sp. 1 2. PI ? cornutus. 



Psittacus cornutus. Gmel. i. 327. — Psittacus bisetis. Shaw^ 

 V. viii, p. 452. — Horned Parrot. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. ii. p. 172. 

 pl. XXV. — New Caledonia, &c. 

 Sp. 13. Pl. erythropterus. 



Psittacus eythropterus. Lath. — Psittacus melanotis. Shaiv^ 

 V. viii. p. 467. 

 Sp. 14. Pl. icterotis. 



Pl. maculd flavd rotundata a mandihuld inde ad tempord; capite 

 suprdy cello postico et latere inferiori coccineis, Jlavo-virid- 

 miMis. 



Platycercus } with a round yellow spot from the mandible to the 

 temples ; the head above, neck behind, and under side scarlet, 

 mixed with yellow-green. 



Psittacus icterotus. Linn. Trans. (Temm.) v. xiii. p. 120. Nov. 

 Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) v. x. p. 54. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length ten inches and 

 a half: between the mandible and the temples is a 

 round yellow spot : the head above, neck behind and 



