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PSITTACIDiE. 



Psittacus roseicollis. Vieillot. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. {Ktihl.) 

 V. X. p. 63. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Length six inches : 

 beak stout : plumage pale green : the forehead and 

 eyebrows red : the face and neck in front rosy : the 

 lower wing- coverts blue-green : the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts azure : the tail scarlet, with its tip bluish, 

 a black band at the tip, the outer webs edged with 

 green. 



Sp. 14. Ps. Galgula. 



Psittacus Galgulus. Shavo. v. viii. p 550. — Philippine Islands. 

 Sp. 15. Ps. Philippensis. 



Psittacus Philippensis. Brisson. — Psittacus Galgalus, var. 

 ShaWi V, viii.^. 550. — Philippine Islands. 

 Sp. 16. Ps. vernalis. 



Ps. viridis capite magis splcndente ; rostro rubro; uropygio coc'. 

 cineo. 



Green Parakeet with the head more splendid ; the beak red j the 

 rump scarlet. 



Psittacus vernalis, Sparmann. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 

 (Kuhl.) V. X. p. 65. 



Inhabits Java and Timor. Size and form of Ps. 

 Gal gains : green, with the head more splendid : the 

 beak red : the under side of the body yellowish-green : 

 the tail bluish : the rump and upper tail-coverts splen- 

 did scarlet : the throat sometimes a little tinged with 

 flame-colour. 



Sp. 17. Ps. Indica. 



Psittacus minor. ShaiVj v. viii. p. 553. — Psittacus Asiaticus, 

 Shaw, V. viii. p. 553. — India. 

 Sp. 18. Ps. torquata. 



Psittacus torquatus. Shaw, v viii. ^9. 551. — Luzonia. 

 Sp. 19. Ps. simplex. 



