536 REVIEW OF GENUS PStTTACULA. 



tioii of auricular region tinged with dark blue and the upper mandible 

 dark brown or dusky. 



JIahitat. — Upper xlmazons (Rio Javarri). 



Adult male (Ooii. Am. Mus. N. H., New York City; Eio Javarri): 

 Above uniform dark parrot-green (much darker than in any otlier 

 specJes of the genus), tlie entire lower back and rump, lowermost 

 greater wing-coverts, secondaries (except tertials), innermost primaries, 

 and primary-coverts, rich smalt-blue; front portion of head and lower 

 parts lighter and brighter green than upi)er j)arts, except laterally 

 (from sides of neck to flanks), where somewhat tinged with olive; 

 under tail-coverts and anal region much lighter, inclining to apple- 

 green; an indistinct bar or transverse spot of dark blue across termi- 

 nal portion of auricular region; under wing-coverts and axillars uni- 

 form rich smalt-blue ; under primary-coverts and under surface of 

 remiges terre-verte green, tinged blue, none of the feathers with yel- 

 lowish edgings. Upper mandible dusky brownish, lower mandible 

 dull whitish; feet (in dried skin) pale brownish. Length (mounted 

 specimen) about 4.75, wing 3.30, tail 1.00, culmen .42, gonys .30, width 

 of upper mandible at base .32, tarsus .40, inner toe .52. 



Adult female: "Dark grass-green, bright yellowish green on the 

 rump ; sinciput* cheeks, chin, and throat yellowish green, the remain- 

 ing under parts, with lower wing-coverts, brighter green than upper 

 l)arts ; quills dead black on the under side and on the inner web ; 

 under side of tail apple ^reen ; maxilla dark horny brown ; mandible 

 hor.ny white; feet dark horny brown ; claws black." (Finsch; trans- 

 lation of description of a specimen from Quito in the Leyden Museum.) 



3, Psittacula conspicillata Lafr. 

 (Spectacled Passerine Parrot.) 



J'siltacula conspicillata Lafr., Rev. Zool., xi, 1848, 172 ('"Colombia or Mexico ?"). — 

 Gray, List Psitt. Brit. Mus., 1859, 8G ("Nicaragua").— SCL., Catal., 1862, 357 

 (Bojjota). — FiNSCii, Mou. Papag., ii, 1868, 663 (Bogota; KioNapo). — Reichk- 

 NOW, Cousp. Psitt. 1882, 190 (Colombia). 



Paittaculus conspicillatm Schleg. Mus. P. B. Fsittact, 1864, 32 (Bogota). 



Habitat. — Highlands of Colombia and eastern Ecuador. 



Sp. char. — Adult male. Above dull green, becoming bright g/ass- 

 green or parrot-green on forehead and crown ; orbital region cobalt- 

 blue; lower back, rump, secondaries, shorter primaries, primary-cov- 

 erts, greater coverts, uiuler wing-coverts, and axillars, rich ultramarine- 

 blue, darker, and inclining to smalt-blue on runip, primary-coverts and 

 basal portion of remiges; cheeks bright green like forehead, lower parts 

 dull malachite or chromium-green. Length (skins) about 4; wing 

 3.05-3.25, tail l.GO-1.75, culmen .45-.50. 



Young male f (No. 300G5, Quito, Ecuador; C. R. Buckalew). Above 

 dull grass-green (rather brighter tliau in adult), becoming brighter 

 green on forehead, and lighter and much clearer green (iiu;lining to 



