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 106. Ara severa (Linn.) 



PsMacus sevens Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. x. p. 97 (1758. — "in Indiis." — errore ! We substitute 

 Amazons as the typical locality). 



Nos. 754, 798. ? ? ad., 2, 10. vi. 00. " Iris yellow, feet and bill black." 



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



PsMacus leucophthalmus P. L. S. Miiller, Natursyst. Suppl. p. 75 (177C. — ex Daubenton, PI. enl. 



407.— Cayenne). 

 Conurus callogenys Salvadori, Cut. Birth Brit. Mus. xx. p. 188 (1891. — Eastern Ecuador) ; Ilia 



1900, p. 454. 



Nos. 788, 877. S 3 ad., 9, 21. vi. 00. " Iris yellow, feet greyish yellow, bill 

 yellowish white." — Wing 178, 175 ; tail 107, — mm. 



No. 803. ? ad., 11. vi. 06. "Iris yellow, feet grey, bill yellowish grey."— 

 Wing 170; tail 156 mm. 



The first of these specimens has a number of red spots on the cheeks and 

 below the eye ; in No. 877 there is a small spot jnst under the eye and another 

 near the base of the lower mandible ; while No. 803 shows but one small red 

 feather on each side of the neck. 



We have also adult SS from Surinam, Descalvados in Mattogrosso and 

 S. Paulo, with red spots on the cheeks and sides of the neck. On the other 

 hand, an ad nit ? from the Rio Napo, East Ecuador, has no trace of red on the 

 sides of the head and neck ! 



Thus, it is evident that the presence of these red markings is a purely 

 individual character, and cannot be relied npon for distinguishing C. callogenys 

 Salvad., which, however, is said to be " much larger," the wing measuring about 

 190 mm. Salvadori (I.e.) gives only Eastern Ecuador as its habitat, though he 

 refers to it three specimens from Santa Crnz, Peruvian Amazons ! Other 

 examples from North Peru (Iquitos) and Bogota, however, are referred to 

 ('. leucophthalmus. This singular distribution at once raised my suspicion, and 

 a careful examination of the fine series in the Tring Museum and of other 

 material in the Munich and Vienna Museums convinced me that the size is 

 as variable as the red spots on the sides of the head. The largest specimen I 

 have seen, an adult male from Belem do Desealvado, State of S. Paulo, collected 

 by Mr. A. Hempel, has the wing 190 mm. ( = types of C. callogenys) ; in three 

 skins from Bernalcue, Paraguay (Munich* Museum) the length varies from 

 177 to 185 mm. On the other hand, a ¥ from the Rio Napo (typical locality of 

 C. callogenys) measures on the wing only 175 mm.; an adult bird (not sexed) 

 from the Upper Huallaga, 175 ; and a S from Pozuzo, Huanuco, Peru, 174 mm. 

 Therefore there can be no longer any doubt that C. callogenys has been based 

 on exceptionally large specimens of C. leucophthalmus, and that the characters 

 assigned to it are of no geographical significance. At the same time a good 

 series from Cayenne (the typical locality of C. leucophthalmus) should be compared, 

 since the few specimens I have seen from Dutch and FrenchGuiana are of rather 

 small size. If the difference be constant, Sclater's term C. propinquus would 

 become available for the large southern birds. 



