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Bronze-winged Parrot. 
Psittacus chalcopterus , Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 59, 1840. 
The beautiful Parrot here represented formed part of a very large and choice collection of 
skins, from Santa Fe de Bogota, belonging to the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, by whom 
they were placed in the hands of the author, for the purpose of being named and exhibited at the 
scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London, in the beginning of the year 1840, previous 
to his departure for the western coast of Africa. 
The bird before us very closely approximates to the Psittacus purpureas, Gmel., but may at 
once be distinguished by its beak being entirely yellow, the absence of the red spot in front of the 
eye, its blue rump, the feathers on the legs, throat and chest being variegated with red, the 
darker colour of the abdomen, and also by the colouring of the upper and under surfaces of the 
wings. 
The plant is that of the “ Chambar Heerda ” (Terminalia Chebula) of the Mahrattas ; the 
nuts of which are in common use with the shoemakers in preparing leather. Copied from one of 
Col. Sykes’ drawings, made at Neelsee, April 21, 1825; the fruit added at Bokree, 21st May, 1828. 
The general appearance of the bird is blackish, with bronze-green reflections, the feathers of 
the head and neck being edged with dark blue, as also the feathers on the under parts of the body; 
rump and tail deep blue, upper tail-coverts bronze-green; the upper wing-coverts and tertiaries 
bronze, with slight greenish reflections ; primaries, deep blue ; secondaries blue, edged with green ; 
under tail-coverts, red; throat red, variegated with yellow; wings beneath, sea-green; under wing- 
coverts, deep blue; bill, yellow. 
Habitat, Santa Fe de Bogota. 
Total length, eleven inches and a half. 
