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BLACK-BACKED PARRAKEET; 



Psittacus melanotus. P. mridis, dorso nigro, tectricihus alarum 



sanguineis, uropygio cceruleo. 

 Green Parrakeet, with black back, scarlet wing-coverts, and blue 



rump. 



Psittacus melanotus. Nat. Misc. l6. pi, 653, 

 Psittacus erythropterus ? Lath, ind. orn, 



A MOST beautiful species: length eleven or 

 twelve inches : size of a small turtle : colour very 

 bright yellowish grass-green, somewhat paler be-^ 

 neath: all the wing-coverts of the brightest scar- 

 let : scapulars jet-black: smaller quill-feathers 

 black, but appearing in a full light very dark 

 green: tail rather long, but so slightly cuneated 

 as to leave it doubtful whether it should not ra- 

 ther be placed in the even-tailed division of the 

 genus, and slightly tipped with pale yellow: bill 

 red: legs dusky. Native of New Holland, 



