1887. J PROCEEDrNGS OP UNlfED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 53*5 



A specimen of what is probably 1 liis species is in the collection of the 

 American Museum of Natural History in New York City (Lawrcu(;e 

 collection). It bears two labels, on one of which is written in ]\Ir. 

 Ijawrence's handwriting', " Psittacula consincillata, 9 , Napo, Alooro," aii<l 

 on the other the same identification, with references, in the hand writ iiu; 

 of Dr. Finsch, \Yho refers to the same specimen under P. conspivUUdd on 

 page GC5 of his monograph. It is, however, unquestionably distinct 

 from P. consplciUata, and though it shows decided traces of blue both on 

 the rump and under wing-coverts, it agrees otherwise closely with the 

 characters of i*. crassirostrifi, as given above. I am therefore inclined 

 to believe that the latter species has a plumage corresponding to that 

 of P. consplciUata, P. passerina, and allied species, in which the rumj) 

 and under wing-coverts are entirely rich blue. 



This Rio Napo specimen may be described as follows : 



Above bright grass-green, or deep parrot- green, the color of the rumj) 

 lighter and purer (more emerald-green) and mixed with blue feathers 

 having green tips ; secondaries (except tertials) shorter primaries, pri- 

 maryco verts (except outermost), and alula (except outer feather), dull 

 ultramarine-blue, the outer webs of secondaries margined terminally 

 with light yellowish-green, and primaries margined at tips with dusky; 

 lower greater wing-coverts dull ultramarine-blue, tipped and edged 

 with green; sides of head and neck similar in color to upper parts, but 

 becoming more vivid or emerald-green on forehead, lores, and orbits ; 

 lower parts bright yellowish Paris-green ; under wing-coverts dull co- 

 balt, tho feathers tipped with light green ; axillars dull, light green. 

 Bill pale brown, becoming whitish at tip; feet pale brownish. Length 

 (skin) 4.50; wing 3, tail 1.50, culmen .50, width of upper mandible at 

 base .38, de])th of closed bill .55, tarsus .40, middle toe .50. 



This specimen resembles very closely in coloration an example of P. 

 cons])icillata, Kn[)poscd to be a young male (No. 309G5, Quito, Ecuador), 

 but is darker and decidedly brighter green, both above and below, and 

 lacks any trace of blue about the orbits. The blue of the rump and 

 wings is almost exactly the same, being slightly more developed in the 

 present bird, which may at once be distinguished, however, by its very 

 large head and much more robust bill, the lower mandible of which is 

 more than half covered on the sides by the antrorse malar feathers. 



2. Psittacula sclateri Guay. 



(Sclatcr's Passerine Parrot.) 



Psittacula sclateri Gray, List Psitt., 1859, 86 (Rio Jiivarri, Upper Amazous).— FiNSCn, 

 Mon.Papag., ii, 1808, GiiO (Ypauema, Maribitanus, and Cochoeira das Peder- 

 ueiras, uw. Brazil; Quito; Sarayacii and Ucayali, e. Peru). — Taczan., Oru. 

 Per., iii, 188G, 213 (Sarayacu and Rio Javarri, e. Peru). 



PsiUacuJiis sclateri Schleg., Mu«. P. B. Psillaci, 1864, 3'2 (Quito; Maribitaua, nw. 



Brazil). 

 Psittacula pusserina, subspecies, sclateri Reiciikxow, Couap. Psitt., 188'2, 190. 



Sp. char. — Most nearly resembling the dark southern form or rep- 

 resentative of P. 2)asserina,hnt still darker, the male with terminal por- 



