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PSITTACIDiE. 



Ar. 16. Ar. Caixana. Spi^, Avium Nova Spec. p. 34. pL xix. 



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Ar. minor suprh viridi; collo a7itico cinereo-fiavo ; abdomine au- 



rantiaco; remigihus secundariis sulphureis. 

 Small Aratinga above green, with the neck in front ashy-yellow ; 



the abdomen orange j the secondary quills sulphureous. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



Sp. 17. Ar. Ninus, Spix, Avium Nova Spec. p. 34. pi. xix.y!2. 



Ar. viridisj minor, genis harhdque maxillarijusco-coccineis ; ma- 

 cula auriculari grised; collari parvo cceruleo pectoreque vires- 

 cente albo-Jimbriatis ; macula dorsi infimis abdo7nineque, axilUs^ 

 caudaque supra et subtus sanguineis. 



Small green Aratinga with the cheeks and maxillary whisker 

 brownish-scarlet ; a grey auricular spot, a small blue collar, 

 a greenish breast bordered with white ; a spot on the lower 

 back; the abdomen, axilla, and tail above and beneath san- 

 guineous. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length six inches and three 

 quarters. 



Sp. 18. Ar. perlatus. Spix, Avium Nova Spec. p. 35. pi. xx. 

 y. 1. male ',f.^. female. 



Ar. viridis, minor, genis barbisque maxillaribus viridibus; cauda 

 supra sanguined, subtus nigra; axillis alisque ad marginem 

 subtusque coccineis ; pectore margaritaceo, variegato; remigibus 

 crissoque cceruleis. 



Small Aratinga, with the cheeks and maxillary whiskers green , 

 the tail above sanguineous, beneath black, with the axillae 

 and wings on the margin and beneath scarlet 3 the breast 

 pearly, variegated ; the quills and vent blue. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length eight inches. 



Sp. 19. Ar. fasciatus. Spid', Avium Nova Spec. p. 25. pi, xxi. 

 1 . male > 2. female. 



