14^ PSITTACII)^. 

 Sp. 5. Ps. melanotus. 



Ps. dorso, scapulis uropygioque brunneo'nigris; caudd purpiireo' 



coccined, fascia lata apicali et laterali cincta, rectricibus inter- 



mediis viridi nigroque terminatis, 

 Parrakeet with the back, scapulars and rump brown-black j the tail 



purple-scarlet, bounded by a broad terminal and lateral band ; 



the two middle tail-feathers terminated with black and green. 

 Psittacus melanotus. Lichstenstein. — Psittacus erythrurus* Pr. 



Maximillian. — Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. [Kuhl.) v. x. p. 59. 



Inhabits Brazil. The size and form of the pre- 

 ceding : green : back, scapulars and rump brown- 

 black : the abdomen sprinkled with grey: the an- 

 terior margin of the wing red : the tail purple-scarlet, 

 bounded by a broad terminal and lateral band ; the 

 intermediate feathers tipped with black and green. 



Sp. 6. Ps. purpurata. Kuhl. 



Psittacus porphyrurus. Shavo, v. viii. p. 647. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 7. Ps. melanoptera. 



Psittacus melanopterus. Shatv, v. viii.;?. 548. pi. 83. — Trinity 

 Island, South America. 



Sp. 8. Ps. pileata. 



Psittacus pileatus. Gmel. — Psittacus Caica. Shaw^ v, viii. 

 p. 542. — Guiana. 



Sp. 9. Ps. Barrabandi. Kuhl. 



Psittacus CaTca var. } Shatv, v, viii. p. 542. — Brazil. 

 Sp. 10. Ps. vulturina. 



Vs? capite calvo, nigricante ; torque cervicali rectricumque vexillis 

 internis JlaviSj alarum iectricibus inferioribus coccineis, humeris 

 aurantiis. 



Parrakeet } with the head bald, dusky, a cervical collar and the 

 inner webs of the tail-feathers yellow } the lower wing-coverts 

 scarlet j the shoulders orange. 



Psittacus vulturinus. Illiger. — Nova Act, Acad. Nat. Cur. 

 {Kuhl.) V. X. p. 62. 



