(89) 

 161. Ara nobilis (Liun.). 



Psittacus nobilis Linnaeus, Sijst. Nat. x. p. 97 (17.')8. — ''in America meridionali "■ — we supplement 



Brazil as typical habitat). 

 Sittace nobilis Pelzeln, Zur Ornilh. Bras. iii. 1869. p. 266 (Porto do Rio Araguay). 



Nos. 1629, 1652, 1684. c? ? ad., and one adult, not se.^ed, Faz. Esperan^a, 

 December 1905. 



162. Conurus leucophthalmus (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Psittacus leiKophlhalmus P. L. S. MiiUer, Natiirsi/st. Siqjjil. p. 75 (1776. — ex Daubenton, PI. Enl. 

 407 : Cayenne). 



No. 2440. ? ad., Agna Suja, Minas Geraes, 1000 metr., October 1906. — Wing 

 172; tail 167 mm. 



163. Conurus aureus (Gm.). 



Psittacus aureus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1. i. p. 329 (1788. — ex Brisson : ex Edwards, Glean, v. tab. 235 : 

 " supposed to be a native of Brazil "). 



Nos. 2158, 2159. c? ? ad., Rio Thesouras, May 1906. 



No. 1794. (? ad., Faz. Esperan^a, January 1906. 



No. 2235. c? ad., Rio Araguaya, June 1906. 



Nos. 2006, 2007. S ? ad., Goyaz, April 1906. 



These specimens agree perfectly with others from Bahia and Mattogrosso. 



164. Brotogeris chiriri (Vieill.). 



Psittacus chiriri Tieillot, Nouv. Diet. xxv. p. 369 (1817.— ex Azara No. 283 : Paraguay). 



Nos. 1838, 1842, 1845, 1933, 1939. SSS, ?? ad., Goyaz, March 1906.— 

 Wing 115—120 ; tail 100—112 mm. 



There are no constant differences, either in size or in colour, between these 

 specimens and others from Bahia, Minas, Mattogrosso, and Northern S. Paulo 

 (Tiet^). 



165. Amazona amazonica (Linn.). 



Psittacus amazonicus hinnaeus, Syst. Nut. xii. I. p. 1-17 (1766. — ex Brisson, Frisch, etc. — Surinam, 



errore ! We fix " le pays des Amazones '' [ex Brisson] as terra typica). 

 Oirysotis amazonicii Pelzeln, Zur Ornilh. Bras. iii. 1869. p. 266 (Araguay). 



Nos. 1618, 1619, 1679, 1683, 1800. (?c?c?,two not sex ed, Faz. Esperan?a, 

 December 1 905, February 1906. 



The distribution of this species as given in the Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. 

 p. 285, is incomplete. Natterer obtained specimens in the State of Rio de Janeiro 

 at Sapitiba, in Mattogrosso ((Juyaba, Estrelhi, etc.), and on the Rio Araguaya, 

 Southern Goyaz. 



About the variation of A. amazonica cf Ahhandl. Akad. Wissensc/i. Milnchen 

 ii. CI. Bd. x.xii. 3. 1906. p. 594. 



166. Ibycter americanus (Bodd.). 



Falco americanus Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 25 (1783.— ex Daubenton, PI. Enl. 417 : Cayenne). 



Nos. 2141, 2142. (?<? ad., Rio Thesouras, May 1906. 



