. Illustrations of ornithology . PSITTACA* CALITA, Parrakeet. PLATE LXXXII. P. Mas. fronte, genis, gula, pectore abdomineque griseis; pectore basi pluraa-rum obscurioribus; capite, posteriis auriculorum, dorso caudseque superioreviridibus ; nucha griseo-viride ; remigibus coeruleis. Pcem. coloribus obscurioribus. the various forms of the Psittacidce which have been of late yearscharacterised, that which our figure represents appears yet unnoticed, andwe have ventured to affix the above appellation to the section, of whichour present species and the Psittacus cruentatus
. Illustrations of ornithology . PSITTACA* CALITA, Parrakeet. PLATE LXXXII. P. Mas. fronte, genis, gula, pectore abdomineque griseis; pectore basi pluraa-rum obscurioribus; capite, posteriis auriculorum, dorso caudseque superioreviridibus ; nucha griseo-viride ; remigibus coeruleis. Pcem. coloribus obscurioribus. the various forms of the Psittacidce which have been of late yearscharacterised, that which our figure represents appears yet unnoticed, andwe have ventured to affix the above appellation to the section, of whichour present species and the Psittacus cruentatus of Temminck will be ty-pical. As a small group, it will be characterised by its strong bill, some-what flattened on the culmen ; the tail of middle length, and graduated ;the general colour green, with the feathers on the breast yellowish, grey,or bluish, tipped with a paler or darker shade, and distributed in an imbri-cated form so as to resemble scales. Their geographical distribution SouthAmerica. We are indebted to our friend Dr
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