( 88) 



Museum of New York, mentioned by Ridgway (/'roe. U. S. Nat. M^ns. x. p. 544) 

 as agreeing with the types of P. mridissima Lafr. (from Caracas), is reliable. 



f, P. guianensis cyanochlora Haiti. 

 PtiUacvia cyanochlora Hartlaub, P.Z.S. 1885. p. 615 (Rio Branco). 



Hab. Forte do S. Joaquim, on the apper Jtio Branco, North Brazil (Natterer). 



cT ad. Differs from that of the foregoing form ouly by its smaller and weaker 

 bill and by having the under-snrface as well as the lower back and rump decidedly 

 more yellowish green. 



Wing Si i, 81 ; tail 40, 41 mm. 



? ad. Differs from that of P. g. guianensis only by its smaller bill. — Wing 78 ; 

 tail 4(H mm. 



Material: 2 c?c? ad., 2 ?? from S. Joaqnim, Rio Branco, in the Vienna 

 Museum. I am much indebted to Dr. von Lorenz for sending me these valuable 

 specimens. 



A larger series might perhaps prove this form to be inseparable from e, but for 

 the present it must be maintained as distinct. 



g. P. guianensis mridissima Lafr. 

 Ptittacula viridunma Lafresnaye, See. Mug. Zool. 1848. p. 172 (Caracas). 



Hob. Venezuela : from Cumana to Caracas, south to the Orinoco valley 

 (Altagracia, Cindad Bolivar) ; Northern Colombia : Valle Dnpar and Valencia in 

 the plains south of the Sierra de Santa Marta. 



S ad. Differs at once from all the preceding forms by having the under wing- 

 coverts aud axillaries glaucous green except a patch of dark hyacinth blue on 

 the under secondary coverts. Otherwise it agrees with the $ of P. g. guianensis, 

 the greater upper wing-coverts being glaucous green, the secondaries dull greenish 

 blue towards the base, and the rump bright emerald or Paris green. 



Wing 78—84 ; tail 37—44 mm. 



? ad. Not different in coloration from that of P. g. guianensis, but averaging 

 rather larger. 



Wing 79—84 ; tail 41—40 mm. 



Material: 12 £3, 4 ¥ ¥ from the state of Cumana; 3 S <$ ad., 1 c? jnv., 

 6 ? ? from Altagracia and Cindad Bolivar, Orinoco, all in the Tring Museum. 

 1 cT ad., Carupano, Cumana (Goering coll.), a series of so-called " Orinoco " or 

 " Trinidad " skins, and 3 o J ad. from Valencia ami Valle Dupar, North Colombia 

 (Simons coll.), iu the British Museum. 



Twenty-five adult males show the coloration of the under wing-coverts as 

 described above, only in one specimen from Valle Dnpar the outer under wing- 

 coverts are also suffused with hyacinth blue, the tips of the feathers being, 

 however, glaucous green. The locality " Trinidad " rests on trade skins only, aud 

 as no Psittacula has been found on the island by any of the recent travellers, it is 

 more than doubtful. 



In'.'. Brotogeris sanctaethomae (P. L. S. Mull.) 



Pliitacut ft. ihmmie. P. L. S. Mailer, Natursysl. Sitppl. p. HI ( 1770.— ex Daubenton, PI. oil. 456, fig. 1. 



— " Insel St. Thomae." — errore ! We substitute Brazilian Amazon* as the typical locality). 

 Brotngerys (sic) tut auct. 



Nos. 814, 813, 854. S ? ¥ : 13, 13, 10. vi. 00. " Iris yellowish white, feet 

 greyish yellow, bill pale brown." 



