PSITTACIDiE. 



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Psittacus setarius. Temm.Pl.Col. 15. — Psittacus platurus. Nova 

 Act. Acad. Nat. Cur.(KuJd.) v.x.p. 43. — Racked-tailed Parrot. 

 Lath. Gen. Hist. v. ii. with a figure. 



Inhabits the Indian Archipelago. Length about 

 eleven inches, to the tip of the middle tail-feathers : 

 the male has the forehead, cheeks, neck, and all the 

 under parts of the plumage of a fine green : a small 

 band of reddish-ash extends from one eye to the 

 other: beneath this band the colour is cserulean- 

 blue, which covers the occiput, and sometimes the 

 nape : on the top of the back, from one wing to the 

 other, is a zone of light yellow in some individuals, 

 and reddish-yellow in others : the lesser coverts and 

 bend of the wing are of a bluish-ash, changing by 

 degrees to ashy-green on the greater coverts : the 

 rest of the wing-feathers and the back, the upper 

 part of the tail-feathers, and the entire of the two 

 middle ones, are beautiful deep green : a great portion 

 of the caudal feathers is deep blue at the tip ; and a 

 bluish gloss is observable on the edge of the two 

 middle feathers ; the under part of the tail is clear 

 blue : the legs are brown : the beak is horn-coloured. 

 The supposed female differs in wanting the red band 

 on the occiput, and the yellow zone on the top of 

 the back. 



GENUS CCXV— PEZOPORUS, Illiger. 

 GROUND-PARROT. 



Rostrum breve, convexiuscu- 



lum, parum deflexum. 

 Tarsi elevati. 

 Alee rotundatae. 

 Cauda elongata, gradata. 



Beak short, rather convex, 



somewhat deflexed. 

 Tarsi long. 

 Wings rounded. 

 Tail elongated, gradated. 



