Generic Character.
Bill entire; the lower mandible short, deep, thick, and rounded; nostrils very large, fleshy, naked; wings pointed; tarsi, toes, and claws very slender—the former manifestly longer than the hind toe; tail cuneated; the feathers narrow and lanceolate. Nob.
Type.—Psittacus pulchellus.—Zool. Ill. 2, Pl. 73.
Specific Character.
Sides of the head yellowish; front with a blue band; wing-covers and tail blue, the latter tipt with yellow; throat and breast deep green; belly yellow.
Psittacus venustus. Linn. Trans. (Temm.) xiii. p. 121.
—— chrysostomas. Kuhl. Nov. Act. p. 51, Pl. 1.
Nanodes venustus. Linn. Trans. (Vig. and Hors.) xv. 274.
