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Genus AMAZONA Lesson. 



Amazona Lesson, Traite d'Orn., 1831, p. 189 (Type Psittacus pulverulentus 

 Gmelin = P. farinosus Bodd.). 



*Amazona imperialis Richmond. IMPERIAL PARROT. 



Psittacus augustus (not of Shaw, 1792) VIGORS, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, p. 80 

 (" South America " = Dominica). 



Chrysalis augusta CORY, Auk, 1886, p. 461; Id., Bds. West Indies, 1889, p. 184; 

 SALVADORI, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XX, 1891, p. 274. 



Androglossa augusta REICHENOW, Vogelbild, 1883, pi. 32, Fig. 7. 



Amazona imperialis RICHMOND, Auk, 1899, p. 186, in text (new name for Psit- 

 tacus augustus Vig., preoccupied); RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, 

 VII, 1916, p. 223. 



Range: Dominica, West Indies. 

 2 : Dominica. 



Amazona violacea (GmeL). GUADELOUPE PARROT. 



Psittacus violaceus GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, pt. I, 1788, p. 337 (Guadeloupe). 

 Amazona violaceus ROTHSCHILD, Extinct Birds, 1907, p. 57, pi. 17*. 

 Amazona violacea RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, p. 224. 



Range: Gaudeloupe Island, West Indies (extinct). 



*Amazona guildingi ( Vigors). ST. VINCENT PARROT. 



Psittacus guildingi VIGORS, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, p. 80 (St. Vincent); 



BOURJOT, Perr., 1837-38, pi. 64. 

 Chrysalis guildingi CORY, Auk, 1886, p. 462; Id., Bds. West Indies, 1889, p. 185; 



SALVADORI, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XX, 1891, p. 273. 

 Amazona guildingii RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, p. 225. 



Range: St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles, 

 i : St. Vincent? 



*Amazona versicolor (Mulkr). ST. LUCIA PARROT. 



Psittacus versicolor MULLER, Syst. Nat. Suppl., 1776, p. 78 ("Havana," based on 

 Parroquet de la Havane, Daubenton, PI. Enl., p. 360). 



Chrysalis versicolor CORY, Auk, 1886, p. 463; Id., Bds. West Indies, 1889, p. 186; 

 SALVADORI, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XX, 1891, p. 276. 



Amazona versicolor RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, p. 227. 



Range: St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles. 

 i: St. Lucia. 



*Amazona arausiaca (Mull.}. BOUQUET'S PARROT. 



Psittacus arausiacus MULLER, Syst. Nat. Suppl., 1776, p. 79 (Dominica, based on 



Blue-faced Parrot, Edwards Birds, pi. 230). 

 Psittacus bouqueti BREHM., Mon. Papag., 1842, pi. 54. 



Plate does not agree with Du Tertre's description. See also remarks by 

 Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, p. 224, footnote. 



