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Psittaciis incertus, SJiaio, Nat. 3fisc. t. 709. Lath., Hist. 
ofB. II. p. 278. 
Psittacula incerta, G. B. Oray^ Gen. of B. III. Ap-p. 30c?. 
Agapornis azureus {Temm.). Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 6. 
Blue-rumped Parrakeet, Latham. 
Blue-green Parrot, Shaw. 
Tanou or PiALLiNG, Sumatra, Baffles. 
Tana, Malayan, Bh/th. 
a. Drawing. Sumatra. From Raffles's Collection. 
h. ^. Tenasserim. From Heifer's Collection. 
? . d. Young. Pinang. Presented by Dr. Cantor. 
e.f. ^ ?. Malacca. From Griffith's Collection. 
The male of this species has the crown, rump, and upper tail- 
coverts bright purplish smalt-blue, passing into greyish on the nape, 
and then to greyish-dusky on the back; under-parts yellowish- 
olivaceous, the mesial portion being tinged with brownish-ruddy and 
edged wdth bluish ; lower tail-coverts yellowish-green, tipped with 
blue ; tibial plumes mingled blue and green ; uropygials deep green ; 
and the rest of the tail-feathers yellow, more or less green-edged ; 
wing-feathers deep green, margined with yellowish on the coverts, 
except those of the primaries, secondaries, tertiaries, speculars, and 
shoulder of wing, which are bluish or purple; extreme edge of 
shoulder yellowish-green ; wing-spot marrone, and the coverts under- 
neath the wing and axillaries crimson. The female has the crown 
greenish-marrone, on the forehead lighter and bluish, and passing on 
the nape to the deep green of the back ; the blue of the rump and 
upper tail-coverts is tinged with bright green ; sides of face inter- 
mixed yellowish-marroue ; throat greenish-yellowish ; under-parts 
light-green ; wing, wing-spot, under wing-coverts, and axillaries as in 
male. Young lighter green, yellowish beneath, and more broadly 
margined with yellow on the wings ; forehead and rump bluish ; 
upper tail-coverts bright green ; wing-spot, under wing-coverts, and 
axillaries as in adults. The upper mandible in the male is bright 
coral, paler at tip ; the under mandible dusky ; ditto in female 
lighter, and in young yellowish- white ; and, according to Dr. Cantor's 
Notes, has the " inner ring of the iris greenish, outer one pale 
yellow ; feet dark green." 
" Very rare in the Tenasserim provinces ; only in the southern- 
most parts." — (Heifer.) 
