( 404) 



The splendid series now forwarded by Mr. Hoftnianns, comprisino; both 

 adnlt and young birds, shows that I was mistaken in identifying his single 

 Hnmaytha specimen and Natterer'a skins as belonging to P. p. lucianii (J\'rt/-. Zool. 

 xiv. p. 404). Bnt as all the examples I then had before me were ([nite young this 

 error is certainly pardonable. On re-examination and comparison with the fresh 

 material I find that they are iiiii[iiostionably yonng birds of /'. jt. amazomim. 

 The latter are not always distinguishable from the corresponding stage of 

 P. p. lucianii, but, as a rule, they have mnch more blue on the forehead, and 

 brighter, more golden bnff ear-coverts. Adults are of course easily recognizable 

 by having no crimson whatever on the forehead, this being replaced by a rather 

 narrow, dull bluish band, etc., etc. Cf. Sob. Zool. xiv. pp. 3(1-7. 



Miss Snethlage {in lift.) informs me that the specimen from Arumatheua 

 recorded s.n. P. luciaid is likewise referalile to P. p. amazonum. 



The range of P. p. iima.^'OKiiiu is thus as follows : — 



Arumatheua, Tocantius (Snethlage); Lower Amazons: Ubidos (Hoffmanns), 

 Santarem (Linden, Garbe) ; Rio Madeira : Calama, Allianca, Humaytha (Hoff- 

 manns), Ribeirao, Salto Theotonio (Natterer), Marnins and S. Vicente, Rio 

 Machados (Hoffmanns). 



306. Pyrrhura rhodogaster (Scl.). 



OmiirKS rhmhya^er (Natterer MS.) Sclater, Proc. Zool Soc. Loml. 1864. p. 298. pi. xxiv. (18C4.— 

 Borba, Rio Madeira) ; Pelzeln, l.r. p. 200 (Borba). 



No. 948. <S ad., Maruins, 27. vi. 1903. "Iris brown, feet and bill black." — 

 Wing 139 ; tail 121 ; bill 20 mm. [Munich Musenm.] 



This is the first specimen taken since Natterer's time, who discovered this 

 beautiful Parrot at Borba, farther down the river, in 1829. Like Brotogeris 

 chrysosema, to be mentioned hereafter, P. rhodogaster is peculiar to the Madeira 

 district, the only ascertained localities being Borba and Maruins. 



P. rhodogaster is most nearly allied to P. perlata (Spix), from Para and 

 Maranhan, but, besides being larger in all dimensions, differs markedly in coloration. 

 The sides of the chest, the lower breast, as well as the middle of the abdomen, 

 are bright red (instead of green) ; the cheeks and malar region olive-yellowish 

 (instead of dull blue, passing into greenish anteriorly) ; the upper wing-coverts, 

 scapnlars, inner secondaries, and the flanks dull bluish (instead of bright green). 

 The head above, tail, foreneck and chest, etc., are alike in the two species. 



[367. Psittacula modesta modesta Cab. 



Psiltaciihi modesta Cabanis in Schomburgk, Feisen Bnt. Guiana iii. p. 727 (1848.— British Guiana : 



deacr. ? ) ; Allen, Auh xx. 1903. p 213 (Saramaca River, Dutch Guiana ; crit.). 

 P. srlateri (nee Gray) PeUeln, I.e. p. 2G8 (Cachoeira das Pederneiras, Rio Madeira ; Marabitanai, 

 upper Rio Negro); Salvador!, Cat. liinh Brit. Mus. xx. 1891. p. 244 (part. : specimen v ex 

 Oyapoc, Cayenne); Berlepsch & Hartert, Nor. Zool. ix. 1902. p. 108 (La Union, Caura, 

 Venezuela). 



Upper Madeira : Pederneiras (Natterer). 



Through the good offices of Dr. Reicheuow I have received for examination 

 the type of P. modesta from the Berlin Museum, and found it to be an adult 

 female (without bine on the rump) of the species commonly called J', .■ir/ateri. 

 The stont, strong bill with the dnsky upper mandible, the broad, well-defined, 

 yellowish frontal band, and the clear yellow (not green) throat and sides of the 



