( 406 ) 



No. lfm-,\ S ml., S. Vicoute, Falls of the Hio Machados, 1. viii. lOoS.— Wing 

 121 ; tail (K); bill L':! miu. 



" Iris l)rown or dark brown, feet and bill )'ellowish grey." 



This sjiecios bad never been met with since Xatterer's time, who obtained ten 

 specimens in the same district many years ago. Ji. clin/soscmn is most nearly 

 allied to B. tuipara (Um.), but diflers at a glance by having the greater upper 

 wing-coverts golden yellow instead of orange. Moreover, the reddish frontal edge 

 is of a clearer, more orange tint, the orange-red chiu-spot ratiier larger, and the 

 wings are somewhat longer. The other differences mentioned by Dr. Sclater— 

 vi/. the more yeUowish green colour of tlie plumage and more blnish crown — are 

 not borne out by Mr. Hoft'uianus' scries. The C'iu|)le from Calama show but a very 

 narrow reddish frontal edge, while in the two JIachados birds it is fnlly as broad 

 as in B. tuipam. lu the males the crown (as far back as the posterior margin of 

 the eye) is more or less washed with pale bhiish, wliereas the female has the toj) 

 of the head nearly uniform green. 



B. chrijsosema is very likely a geograjihical representative of /.'. Iiiipara. 

 Up to the present tim^ it is only known from the ri^'ht bank of the U|iper Madeira 

 (Pederneiras to Calama) and its tributary, the Hio Machados. 



B. tuipam inhabits the Lower Amazons from Para to ManAos. Mr. Hoffmanns 

 obtained it at Urncurituba, left bank of the llio Tapajoz,* Miss Snetblage at 

 Arumatheua, on the Tocantins.t The Munich Museum has lately received five 

 specimens from Bliiitiha, Slaranhfu), through Mr. F. Schwanda. 



370. Amazona farinosa farinosa (Bodd.). 



Psitlaciis ftiriiiosiis Boddaert, Tahl. PI. eiil. p. 5:.' (1783.— e.'c D'Aubeuton, PI. enl. 8(!I : Cayenne). 

 C'/iri/solix fiiriwiia Pelzelii. I.r. p. 2li(j (Borba). 



No. 310. S ad., Calama, 31. vii. lOiiT.— Wing 240 ; tail 140; bill 43 mm. 



No. 194. (?), Calama, 8. vii. UioT.— Wing 22o ; tail 12.") ; bill 41 mm. 



" Iris yellow (J), brown ( ? ), feet black, bill grey."' 



The male has the crown uniform light ijreen, while in the other example the 

 forehead is slightly spotted with yellow. Of two ailnll males obtained by Natterer 

 at Borba, one has a well-defined bright yellow jiatch on the anterior crown, the 

 other has the upper part of the head uniform green. In another i)aiier f I have 

 already alluded to the variability of this charac'ter, which appears to be purely 

 individual, not geographical. Tlie JIadeira birds agree, in size and coloration, with 

 a toi)oty|)ical example from Cayenne and others from Pani. 



Specimens from Chiriqui and Western Ecuador do not show the mealy appear- 

 ance of the upper parts so conspicuous in eastern birds, and may, if this difference 

 be found constant, be separated as A. fariiiom iiioninti (.Salvad.). § 



[3T1. Amazona amazonica (Linn.). 



Psiltanis nnHKiiniciis Linnaeus, Si/st. Nut. xii. 1. p. 147 (1766.— ex Brisson, Friscb, etc. : "Suri- 

 nam," errore ! We fix " le piya des Amazones " (ex Brisson) as type locality). 

 Chi-ysolii a}iiiizn,iii-a Pelzeln, /.i-. p. L'liG (Borba). 



night bank : Borba (Natterer). 



This beautiful bird has a wide range in Fastern South America, being found 



• Hellmayr, .^Vif. Xool. xiv. 1907. p. 28. 



t Snetblage, Journ.f. Ornilli. 1!I08. p. S.'i". 



J AbhiiniU. liaijer. AhaJ. Witfrntrli. II. Kl. xxii. :i. llinC. pp. .';01-2. 



§ Cliri/satis Umrniila Saha'lori, Cut. IliriU Ilrit Miis. xx. p. 2M1 (ISOl.—Veragua). 



