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WAVE-BREASTED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus versicolor. P. viridis, collo suhtus pectoreque iiigrican- 



tibus aurantio-undulatisj ahdomwe medio caudaque svbtus ruhris. 

 Oreen Parrskeet, wiih the fore-part of the neck and breast 



blackish, waved with orange-colour, the middle of the belly 



and under surface of the tail red. 

 Psittacus versicolor. P. macrourus viridis, capite corporeque suhtus 



fusciSy pennis juguli aureo, abdominis cceruleo-rubro undatis. 



Lath, ind, orn. 

 La Perriche a gorge variee. Buff. ois. 

 Perruche a gorge tachetee de Cayenne. P/. Enl. 144, 

 La Perruche Ara a gorge vaiiee. Levaill, pi, l6, 

 Waved-Breasted Parrakeet. Lath. Syn, 



VAR. 



Psittacus squammosus. P. macrourus viridis, capite collo pecto- 

 reque marginibus pennarum aurantiis, humeris coccineis, uropygio 

 abdomineque medio sunguineis. Lath, ind. orn, 



Scaly-Breasted Parralceet. Lath, syn. 



An elegant species: size rather smaller than 

 that of a Blackbird : length about ten inches : co- 

 lour fine deep green : forehead blue; cheeks orange- 

 brown : back part of the head dusky: throat, fore- 

 part of the neck, and breast blackish, each feather 

 edged with orange-colour : ridge of the shoulders, 

 lower part of back, and rump red : outside edges 

 of the quill-feathers blue, with dusky tips: middle 

 of the belly red, or ferruginous with dusky undu- 

 lations: thighs green: under surface of the tail red 

 or ferruginous : bill and legs dusky : orbits naked 

 and whitish. 



