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Psittacula coelestis lucida Ridgway. RIDGWAY'S PARROTLET. 



P[sittacula] coelestis lucida RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1888, pp. 532-538 

 (Colombia); Id., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, p. 188, in key. 



Range: Colombia. 



*Psittacula conspicillata conspicillata Lafr. SPECTACLED PARROTLET. 



Psittacula. conspicillata LAFRESNAYE, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., XI, 1848, p. 172 

 (Colombia*); SOUANC, Icon. Perr., 1857, pi. XLI; SALVADORI, Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus., XX, 1891, p. 243; RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 



1916, p. 188, in key; STONE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, p. 304. 

 Psittacula conspicillata conspicillata CHAPMAN, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 



1917, p. 260. 



Range: Colombia and eastern Ecuador? 

 tg: Colombia. 



Psittacula conspicillata caucae b Chapman. CAUCA SPECTACLED PAR- 

 ROTLET. 



Psittacula conspicillata caucae CHAPMAN, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXIV, 1915, 

 p. 383 (Coli, Cauca Valley, Colombia); Id., XXXVI, 1917, p. 260. 



Range: Cauca Valley region, Colombia. 

 Psittacula modesta modesta (Cabanis). SCHOMBURGK'S PARROTLET. 



Psittacula modesta CABANIS in Schomburgk's Reis. Brit. Guiana, III, 1848, 

 p. 727 (British Guiana); RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, 

 p. 189, in key; CHUBB, Bds. Brit. Guiana, I, 1916, p. 315. 



Psittacula modesta modesta HELLMAYR, Nov. Zool., XVII, 1910, p. 404. 



Range: The Guianas, north Brazil and Venezuela. 



Psittacula modesta sclateri (Gray)? SCLATER'S PARROTLET. 



Psittacula sclateri GRAY, List Bds. Brit. Mus., II, Psittacidae, 1859, p. 86 (Rio 

 Javarri, Upper Amazon); CHAPMAN, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 1917, 

 p. 261 (La Muralla, Colombia). 



P[sittacula] modesta sclateri HELLMAYR, Novit. Zool., XVII, 1910, p. 405 (crit.). 



Range: Eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador (to the Rio Javarri region) 

 and (?) southern Colombia (Muralla). 



Chapman suggests Honda, upper Magdalena River, Colombia, as the type 

 locality for P. c. conspicillata LAFR. See Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H., XXXIV, 1915, 

 p. 384. 



b P. c. caucae CHAPMAN: "Similar to P. c. conspicillata LAFR. of the Bogota 

 region, but larger; the wings and tail constantly longer; the bill averaging heavier; 

 the blue areas of the rump, inner wing quills, upper and under wing coverts, decidedly 

 less purple; spectrum blue rather than Hays blue or blue- violet in color." (Chapman, 

 Lc.) 



c Psittacula modesta sclateri (GRAY): Similar to P. m. modesta (CABANIS), but 

 differs in somewhat darker and more greenish coloration, (most noticeable on the 

 under parts) and males have the rump darker blue. 



