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The splendid series now forwarded by Mr. Hoffmanns, comprising both 
adult and young birds, shows that I was mistaken in identifying his single 
Humaytha specimen and Natterer’s skins as belonging to P. p. lucianii (Nov. Zool. 
xiv. p. 404). But as all the examples I then had before me were quite young this 
error is certainly pardonable. On re-examination and comparison with the fresh 
material I find that they are unquestionably young birds of P. p. amazonum. 
The latter are not always distinguishable from the corresponding stage of 
P. p. lucianii, but, as a rule, they have much more blue on the forehead, and 
brighter, more golden buff ear-coverts. Adults are of course easily recognizable 
by having no crimson whatever on the forehead, this being replaced by a rather 
narrow, dull bluish band, ete., ete. Cf. Nov. Zool. xiv. pp. 36-7. 
Miss Snethlage (é» Jitt.) informs me that the specimen from Arumathena 
recorded s.n. P. duciani is likewise referable to P. p. amazonum. 
The range of P. ». amazonum is thus as follows :— 
Arumathena, Tocantins (Snethlage) ; Lower Amazons: Obidos (Hoffmanns), 
Santarem (Linden, Garbe); Rio Madeira: Calama, Allianca, Humaytha (Hoff- 
manns), Ribeirio, Salto Theotonio (Natterer), Maruins and §. Vicente, Rio 
Machados (Hoffmanns), 
366. Pyrrhura rhodogaster (Scl.). 
Conurus rhodogaster (Natterer MS.) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864. p. 298. pl. xxiv. (1864.— 
Borba, Rio Madeira) ; Pelzeln, /.c. p. 260 (Borba), 
No. 948. f ad., Maruins, 27. vi. 1908. “Tris brown, feet and bill black.”— 
Wing 139; tail 121; bill 20 mm. [Munich Museum. | 
This is the first specimen taken since Natterer’s time, who discovered this 
beantifaul Parrot at Borba, farther down the river, in 1829. Like Brotogeris 
chrysosema, to be mentioned hereafter, P. rhodogaster is peculiar to the Madeira 
district, the only ascertained localities being Borba and Maruins, 
P. rhodogaster is most nearly allied to P. perlata (Spix), from Paré and 
Maranhao, but, besides being larger in all dimensions, differs markedly in coloration. 
The sides of the chest, the lower breast, as well as the middle of the abdomen, 
are bright red (instead of green); the cheeks and malar region olive-yellowish 
(instead of dull blue, passing into greenish anteriorly); the upper wing-coverts, 
scapulars, inner secondaries, and the flanks dull bluish (instead of bright green). 
The head above, tail, foreneck and chest, etc., are alike in the two species, 
[367. Psittacula modesta modesta Cab. 
Psittacula modesta Cabanis in Schomburgk, Reisen Brit. Guiana iii, p. 727 (1848.—British Guiana ; 
descr, 9); Allen, Auk xx. 1903. p 213 (Saramaca River, Dutch Guiana ; crit.). 
P. sclateri (nec Gray) Pelzeln, /.c, p. 268 (Cachoeira das Pederneiras, Rio Madeira ; Marabitanas, 
upper Rio Negro); Salvadori, Cat, Birds Brit. Mus. xx. 1891, p. 244 (part. : specimen g ex 
Oyapoc, Cayenne); Berlepsch & Hartert, Nor. Zool. ix. 1902. p. 108 (La Union, Caura, 
Venezuela), 
Upper Madeira: Pederneiras (Natterer). 
Through the good offices of Dr, Reichenow I have received for examination 
the type of P. modesta from the Berlin Museum, and found it to be an adult 
female (withont blue on the rump) of the species commonly called P. sclateri. 
The stont, strong bill with the dusky upper mandible, the broad, well-defined, 
yellowish frontal band, and the clear yellow (not green) throat and sides of the 
