DUBIOUS PARRAKEET. 



465 



breast, belly, and vent fine purplish blue, but 

 deepening almost to blackness on the lower part 

 of the belly; the tail green, but slightly cuneated, 

 and the two exterior feathers edged towards the 

 tips with blue: bill dusky. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



ZONED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus viridis. P. capite remigibmque nigris^ torque nuchali faS" 



ciaque nbdominaU Jlavis. 

 Green Parrakeet, with black head and quill-feathers, and yellow 



nape-collar and abdominal zone. 

 Psittacus zonarius. Zoned Parrot. Nat, Misc. l6.pl. 657. 



Described in the Naturalist's Miscellany: size 

 that of the Tabuan Parrakeet: tail long, and 

 strongly cuneated, but not acute at the end : bill 

 brown 5 legs dusky. Native of New Holland. 



dubious PARRAKEET, 



Psittacus dubius. P. macr. viridis 3 collo rufescente, remigibus toto 

 rectricibusque quafuor intermediis apice casruieis, orbitis nudisjia' 

 vescentibus. Lath. ind. orn. 



Green Parrakeet, with blue-edged quill-feathers, the four middle 

 tail-feathers tipped with blue^ and yellowish naked orbits. 



Length nine inches: bill and legs dusky: edge 

 of the alulet blue. Native region uncertain. 



