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xMASCARINE PARROT. 



Psittacus Mascarinus. P. cinereo-fuscus, facie nigra ^ rostro pedi* 



busque rubentibus, cauda versus basin albida. 

 Grey-brown Parrot, with black face^ reddish bill and legs, and 



tail whitish towards the base. 

 Psittacus mascarinus. P. fuscus, facie nigra^ cauda albente. Lath, 



ind. om, Lin. Mant. 177l»i>. 524, 

 Mascarin. Buff, ois, PL Enl, 35. LevailL pL 139. 



A DEGREE larger than the Grey Parrot, of a 

 somewhat more slender appearance, and with the 

 tail longer in proportion: head and neck grey, 

 but the whole front, as far as the eyes, and be- 

 neath the throat towards each side of the neck, 

 deep black, forming the appearance of a kind of 

 mask: remainder of the plumage deep grey-brown 

 above, and paler beneath: tail whitish on each 

 side towards the base. Native of Madagascar. 



VASA PARROT. 



Psittacus Vasa. P. subcinsreo-niger, rostro orbitisque albidis, cauda 

 subelongata* 



Greyish-black Parrot, with whitish bill and orbits^ and somewhat 



lengthened tail. 

 Le Grand Vasa. Levaill. pi. 81. 



Length twenty-one inches French from the 

 top of the head to the end of the tail: bill large 

 and whitish : colour of the whole bird black, with 



