PARRA CAPENSIS. — Smith. 
Aves. — Plate XXXIJ. 
P. frontc suLflava ; superciliis albis ; capite supra, fascia ante alas, corporis lateribus, caudaque rubro- 
aurantiis ; cervice nigra, purpurco-tincta ; dorso flavo-brunneo ; subtusalba; gutturis, pectorisque 
lateribus viridi-flavis ,- remigibus purpureo-brunneis, apicibus aliquarum albis, reliquarum flavo- 
brunneis ; rostro unguib usque flavo-brunneis ; pedibus viridi-flavis. 
Longitudo corporis cum capite 5| unc. ; caudee 1 unc. 9 hn. 
Colour. — Front sienna-yellow ; eyebrows white ; the crown of the head, 
the nape, the sides of the head, behind the eyes, a narrow bar on each side of 
base of neck, in front of the shoulders, together with the sides of the body, 
and the tail, deep reddish orange, brightest on the head. The upper surface 
of the neck, between the nape and the interscapulars, black glossed with 
purple ; interscapulars, back, and upper tail coverts, intermediate between 
broccoli and yellowish brown, the feathers tipt with wood-brown, and 
clouded with metallic purple. Sides of neck and breast pale greenish- 
yellow ; chin, throat, breast, belly, and under tail coverts, white ; shoulders 
and lesser wing coverts yellowish grey ; primary quill coverts light liver- 
brown ; secondary quill coverts pale broccoli-brown, tipt and edged externally 
with white. Primary and secondary quill feathers liver-brown, a few of the 
innermost secondaries white at the points, the remainder together with the 
primaries narrowly tipt with yellowish brown ; tertiaries between brownish 
red and yellowish brown, their tips and the edges of the outer vanes dull 
white. Inner surface of shoulders and wings light liver-brown. Bill and 
claws yellowish brown ; legs and toes livid greenish yellow. 
Form, &c.— Aberrant. Bill straight, moderately long, slender, and towards 
the point distinctly wedge-shaped. Wings, when folded, reach to near the 
tip of the tail, the first and second quill feathers longest, the third, fourth, and 
fifth nearly equal, and slightly shorter than the two outermost. On the edge 
of each shoulder a small tubercle in place of a spine. Tail lax and conical. 
