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No. 630. c? ad., 9. iv: 06. " Iris brownish red."— Wing 120i ; tail 108 mm. 



No. 586. ? ad., 11. iii. 00. " Iris yellow."— Wing 124 ; tail 110 mm. Type 

 of subspecies. 



No. 625. ? fere ad., 6. iv. 06. " Iris yellow." Wing 124 mm. ; tail incomplete. 



This new form differs from P. p. picta of Guiana, etc., by lacking the crimson 

 patch on the bend of the wing, and by the green edges of the fonr central tail 

 feathers being confined to the basal third or half, while in the typical form they 

 reach almost to the tip. Iu both these respects the Obidos specimens agree 

 with P. picta luciani Dev. of Upper Amazonia, and could be mistaken for the young 

 of this form. But even quite young birds of P. devillei have always a few red 

 feathers and scarcely any blue on the frontal edge, while my new form shows a 

 well-defined pale blue band across the forehead, reaching as far back as the 

 anterior margin of the eye. It shares this peculiarity with P. p. picta, in which, 

 however, the blue frontal band is about twice as broad. The broad frontlet is 

 also the best character to distinguish immature specimens of P. p. picta (with 

 very little red on the bend of the wing) from P. p. amazonum. 



Thus there are three geographical forms, the characters and range of which 

 may be summarised as follows : 



a. Pyrrhura picta picta (P. L. S. Mull.) 



Adult. Forehead as far back as the posterior margin of the eye pale blue. 

 Bend of the wing light red. Four central tail feathers laterally broadly edged with 

 green, except on the apical fourth. Ear-coverts dirty whitish or greyish buff. 



Young. Forehead and tail as in the adult. Bend of the wing green, with only 

 a few scattered red feathers here and there. 



Hab. Cayenne, Surinam, British Guiana, west to the valley of the Gaura River, 

 a tributary of the Orinoco, East Venezuela. 



N.B. — The locality " Trinidad " is doubtless erroneous. 



Material : 2 Cayenne, 6 Surinam, 4 Brit. Guiana, 4 Caura River. 



b. Pyrrhura picta amazonum Hellm. 

 Conurus roselfrons (nee Gray) Allen. Bull. Essex List. viii. 1870, p. SI. (Santavem). 



Adult. Forehead as far as the anterior margin of the eye pale blue. Bend of 

 the wing green, only in one specimen some of the feathers slightly edged witli red. 

 Four central tail feathers on the basal third or half narrowly margined with green. 

 Ear-coverts bright brownish buff. 



Hab. Lower Amazons : Obidos, Santarem. 



A female from Santarem, forwarded by Prof, von Ihering (Garbe coll. — Mus. 

 Panlista, Brazil), agrees in every respect with our Obidos series. The specimen in 

 the Berlin Museum, said to be from Pard,* belongs most probably also to 

 this form. 



c. Pyrrhura picta lucianii (Dev.) 



Conurus Lucianii Deville, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 210 ("la riviere des Amazones "). 



Adult. Forehead and more or less of the pileum as well as the lores and a 

 ring round the eye clear red. Bend of the wing greeu, sometimes with a few 



• Conurus oyatiovterut Finsoh, Papageiet i. p. 511. 



