( 11" ) 



(Nos. 87T0, 8908, 9240, 9241, 933r), KiOnG, l(i020, liMiTS, loOTo, 10117, liillS, 

 10153, 10154, 10155, ln333, 10405, ln5:!l) ('lioi-rie coll.) 



We have now before us a s])len(lid series of this rare species, the habitat of 

 which was somewhat nucertaiii till now. 



378. Amazona amazouica (L.). 



PsiUacus amazoiiiriis Lin., Si/sl. Xiil. Ed. XII. (ITGC) I. p. 147 (liah. : Surinam •). 



Qniribana de Caicara : <? ad. "J-^. W. 'OS. " Iris orange : feet dusky plumbeous 

 olive; bill, maxilla blackisli, mandible yellowish lidrn-colonr." (No. lusOs C'hcrrie 

 coll.) 



370. Pionus fuscus fP. T.. S. Miill.). 



Ps/ttactis /uncus P. L. S. JIull., A'alur>^i/sl. Siiji/il. ]i. 7^! (1771'.) (ox Buflfon and Edwards, Imh. 

 Cayenne). 



Mountains west of Suapure : rj ad. 1. v. limn. "Iris brown; feet dull 

 vellowisli grey ; bill black with lighter and darker yellow marks" (S. M. Klages). 



38n. Pionus menstruus (L.). 



Psillacus memtruHS Linn,, Si/st. Xcl. Ed. XII. 1 (1760) p. 148 (ex Edw. — loc. ignot. et Bris.a. — 

 Guiana .sc. Cayenne). 



Muuduapo : 6 20. iii. ; ? 13. iii. '09, taken witli three nearly grown young. 



Eio C'atanapa : ? 26. xi. '08. 



(Nos. 11342, 12156 Cherrie coll.) 



"Iris seal ; feet dusky olive-greyish ; bill above blaekisli with a reddish spot 

 near basal cutting edge, below dusky horn-colour; bare skin about eye liluish 

 slate-colour." 



Suapure : c? ad. 7. iv. 1000 (Klages). 



Nicare : ? ? lis. i. lOiil (E. Andre). 



381. Pionites melanocephala (L.). 



Psittaeua mdunncrphiilus Linn., SijxI. Nut. Ed. XII. I ( I7ril'i) p. I4lt (ex Bris.a. — "Mexico," errore) ; 

 sc. Edw. PI. 100 (ex " Carraccos " t ). 



Nericagua: S6 2!). iii. ■'.I'.i (bis). 



Munduaiio : S T. ii. '0'.). 



"Iris orange ; feet dusky blackisli shite ; bill black." 



(Nos. 11844, 122'.i5, 12200 Cherrie coll.) 



Suapure : S \. iii. '00 (H. Klages). 



Nicare: ? 18. i. 10<il (Andr($). 



382. Gypopsitta vulturinus fKnhl). 



PuiltucuK vultni-iiiua Kuhl. Cniixi,. I'sill. p. 62 (1820) (//-/i. " Brasilia" Mus. Burol., etc.). 



Suapure : ? 7. iv. lOOll (S. M. Klages). 

 La I'ricion : ad. 13. xii. IO1.1O (E. Audre). 



* Linnaeus says; "Habitat in Suiinamo," but ho ciuoie-i Bris.'ion, who eavs "On le trouve dans Ic 

 paTS des Amazones et au Brt-sil. Du cabinet de M. de Iluauraui," then Krisch, who gives a gocd lig\irc 

 but no locality, and Marcgr. who gives " Brasil or." 



f \Vf take Caracas, Vuntzuehi, as the typical habitat. 



