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Psitfaciis Aourou. P. viridis verticejlavo, fascia front ali super ci- 

 liisgue cceruleis, genis aurantiis, macula alari rubra. 



Green Parrot, with yellow crown, blue frontlet and brows, 

 orange cheeks, and red wing-spot. 



Le Perroquet Aourou couraou. Levaill.pl. 110.111. 



L'Aourou-couraou No. 5. Buff, ois, 



Le Perroquet Aniazone? PI. EnL 547. 



Brasilian Yellow-Fronted Parrot. Var. E. of Common Amazon. 

 Lath. 



' Psittacus agilis. Lin, Little Green Parrot. Edw. l68. A 

 young bird ? 



This, which, from the general disposition of its 

 colours, might be supposed no other than a viariety 

 of the Psittacus Amazonicus, is, according to Le- 

 vaillant, a distinct species, differing in being of 

 smaller size, of a duller or darker green, more 

 especially on the upper parts, which have a grey- 

 ish or brownish cast in different lights, but parti- 

 cularly in the bill, which is yellowish with dark 

 brown or blackish edges and tip : across the fore- 

 head and over each eye runs an ultramarine-blue 

 bar, and the cheeks and throat are rather orange- 

 coloured than yellow: the disposition of the co- 

 lours on the wings and tail is similar to that of the 

 Amazon Parrot, but there is no red on the shoul- 

 ders, and a narrow patch or spot of bright yellow 

 appears on the edge of the wing towards the middle. 

 The female is rather smaller, with the blue bar on 

 the forehead paler, and the general colour some» 



