PSTTTACIDiE. 



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Inhabits Brazil. Splendid green : head bald, 

 dusky : the abdomen emerald-green : a collar on 

 the cervex and inner webs of the tail-feathers yellow : 

 the breast yellowish-olive : the lower wing-coverts 

 scarlet : the shoulders orange : the neck dusky be- 

 hind : the quills bluish-black, the edges towards the 

 tip yellow : the tail with its tip blue. 



Sp. 1 1 . Ps. cana. 



Psittacus canus. Shatv, v, viii. p. 550. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 1 2. Ps. Swinderniana. 



Ps. torque nuchali fiigra, uropygio caudasque tectricihus superiori- 

 bus lazulinis: caudd alls hreviore, basi coccinedj apice supra 

 viridij infra ccBvulescente, fascia nigrd Intermedia . 



Parrakeet with a black nuchal collar, the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts lazuline colour ; the tail shorter than the wings, scarlet 

 at its base, above green at the tip, beneath bluish with a black 

 bar in the middle. 



Psittacus Swindernianus. IS! ova Act, Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) 

 V. X. p. 62. pL ii. 



Inhabits Africa. The head above and nape 

 splendid green : a black collar on the nape : the 

 back and wings obscure-green : the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts lazuline-colour : the face, abdomen, and 

 lower tail-coverts yellowish-green : the breast and 

 entire neck ochraceous-green : the tail shorter than 

 the wings, its base scarlet, the tip above green, 

 beneath bluish, with an intermediate black bar : the 

 quills black, edged with green. 



Sp. 13. Vs} roseicoUis. 



V^.Jronte et super ciliis rubris ; facie coUoque antico rosaceis; 



caudcB tectricibus superioribus azureis. 

 Parrakeet with the forehead and eyebrows red ; the face and neck 



in front rosy ; the upper tail-coverts azurej 



