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GENUS CCXIX.— BROTOGERIS, Vigors. 



Rostrum attenuatum, com- 

 pressum : mandibula in- 

 Jerior elongata, vix emar- 

 ginata. 



Alee mediocres : remigibus 

 tribus primis fere sequali- 

 bus. 



Pedes mediocres. 



Cauda subelongata, gradata. 



attenuated, compressed : 

 the lower mandible elon- 

 gated, scarcely notched. 



Wings moderate: the three 

 first quills nearly even. 



Legs moderate. 

 Tail rather elongated, gra- 

 dated. 



Sp. 1. Br. pyrrhopterus. Zool. Journ. {Vigors.) v. ii. p. 394. 



Psittacus pyrrhopterus. Shatv, v. viii. p. 470. Zool. Journ. 

 (Vigors.) V. i. p. 535. pi. supp. 4. — Southern Islands. 



Sp. 2. Br. Sparmanni. 



Br. toto corpore cceruleo. 

 Brotogeris with the entire body blue. 



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

 p. 68. — Perruche Sparman. Le Vaill. Per. 66. 



Inhabits Otaheite. Length six inches: the 

 entire body blue, with the feathers of the head 

 narrow and lucid : the neck in front bluish-white : 

 the beak and legs red : the tail shorter than the 

 body. 



Sp. 3. Br. fringillaceus. 



Psittacus pipilans. Shaw, v. viii. p. 472. pi. 69. — Southern 

 Islands. 



Sp. 4. Br ? phigy, 



Psittacus coccineus. Shano, v, viii. p. 4/2. — New Holland. 



