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SOCIETY PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus Ulietanus. P. macr, capite fusco, tiropygio obscure coc* 

 cineoy corpore viridi-olivaceo, marginihus pennarum remigibus 

 rectricibusque nigricantihus. Lath. ind. orn. 



Dusky-Olive Parrakeet, with brown head, dull-red rump, dusky 

 quill and tail-feathers, and those of the remainder of the plu- 

 mage edged with dusky. 



Society Parrot. Lath, syn. 



Length ten inches and a half: bill blue; legs 

 black. Native of the Society Isles. 



BIMACULATED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus biniaculatus. P. macr. viridis, maculis colli duabus ob- 

 longis nigrisy uiriusque alee macula magna et sulphurea. Lath, 

 ind, orn, Sparm. Mus, Carls. 



Green Parraj^eet, with two oblong black spots on the neck, and 

 a large sulphur-coloured spot on each wing. 



Length about eleven inches : front and throat 

 inclining to orange-colour : on each side the neck 

 a large black spot composed of several small ones : 

 edges of the quill-feathers pale yellow, forming a 

 large spot on the wing. Native region unknown. - 



