(407 ) 



from Trinidad and Guiana sonthwaivls to Uio de Janeiro. (T. Ahhiiidl. Biujer. 

 Aluul. Wissensclt. II. Kl. xxii. :!. p. 5'J4.] 



[373. Amazona nattereri (Finscli). 



Psittacus {Chnjsolh) XaUcrcri Finsch, Johi-ii. f. Oniilli. xii. p. 411 (1854.— Cachoeira do Ban.aneira, 



Rio Mamori?). 

 Cliri/sotis Nailereri Pelzeln, l.r. p. 26G (Rio Mamoru, Bananeiia). 



Upper Madeira: Bananeira on the Uio Mamore (Natterer), September 182). 



The type (an adnit male) in the Vienna Mnsenra is still the only known 

 specimen. ^1. nattcirri is by no means related to A. farinos'i, with whicli 

 Dr. Finsch compared it in the ori,u:inal description, but belongs to the gron]i of 

 A. aestica (Linn.) and ^1. ochroci'phala (Gm.), as I have pointed out in Abhnndl. 

 Bayer. Akad. Wisse/isc/i. II. Kl. xxii. 3. p. 593. It resembles these two species 

 in having the edge of the wing and a large wing-spccnlnm bright red, and the 

 base of the inner web of the onter rcctrices jjale red, but differs from .1. oclim- 

 cepkala, with which it agrees in the absence of yellow on the sides of the lieail, 

 by having a broad, bluish frontal band (instead of a narrow, green edge), and by 

 the sides of the head, throat, and under parts being decidedly bluish green (not 

 jiure green or yellowish green). The tyjie measures: wing Vi'Z ; tail 14U ; bill 

 31 mm. 



1 have given {I.e.) an analytical key, which, I hope, will enable ornithologists 

 to distinguish .1. mittcrrri from its allies. Although the ty[ie is slightly albiuistic, 

 1 think there can be no doubt that it rejiresonts a perfectly distinct furiu.] 



373. Amazona festiva (Linn.). 



Psitlarnx fejsl'ivvs Linnaeus, Sijsl. Nal. x. p. ]()1 (1708. — "in Indiis," errore ! Wo fix as type 

 locality the "Brazilian Amazons"; cf. .\hhamV. Bayer. Akivl. Wissensdi. II. Kl. xxii. H. 

 p. 5;t2j. 



Chri/sotis /estiva Pelzeln, l.r. p. 265 (Burba). 



Nos. 381,506. t?? ad., Calama, V2. viii., 2. ix. 1UU7.— Wing 21ii ; tail 110, 

 108 ; bill 38 ram. " Lis yellow or red, feet and bill grey." 



This bird has a rather restricted range in Amazonia, and is not very common 

 in collections. Natterer obtained specimens on the upper Rio Branco, in the Kio 

 Negro district, and near Borba. It also occurs in Eastern Peru, and possibly 

 in Guiana. 



374. Graydidascalus brachyuriis (Kuhl). 



rsillacii.^ briirhi/iiriis Kuhl, CmiKp. J'sill. p. 72 (1820.— " Cajana "). 

 Pionias brachyuriis Pelzeln, I.e. p. 262 (Borba). 



No. 432. (? ad., Calama, 20. viii. 1907.—" Iris yellowish red, feet grey, bill 

 blackish green." — Wing 148 ; tail 58 ; bill 27 mm. 



Slightly larger than a specimen from Manaos, but not otherwise different. 

 Its reported occurrence in Cayenne ajipears to be open to doubt. 



375. Pionws menstrnus menstruus (Linn.). 



Psittanis meiislruus Linnaeus, %.s7. Xat. xii. 1. p. 148 (1766.— ex Edwards -hab. ign.— et Brisson : 

 " Guiane," sc. Cayenne). 



Nos. 123, 276, 473, 48(5, 493, 494, 490, .505. <?,?,? ?, Calama, 28. vi., 27. vii., 

 27, 30, 31. viii., 1. ix. 1907.— Wing 185—200 mm. 



