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(Miieral(l) on rump, where mixed wiMi blue feathers having green tips, 

 imd one feather entirely ultramarine blue; secondaries (except tertials) 

 intense ultramarine-blue, more cobalt terminally, where edged narrowly 

 with light yellowish green; inner primary-coverts, inner feathers of 

 !ii]a,and outer webs of shorter primaries, lighter blue than secondaries; 

 1 MV(>rmost greater coverts cobalt-blue, margined with light green; 

 nrhits tinged with blue, lower parts apple-green, the under wing-coverts 

 ;ind axillars pale blnisli green. Length (skin) 4, wing 3.25, tail 1.50, 

 culmen ,45. 



A(hilt female (No. ;i200G, Bogota) : Similar to the supposed young 

 male described above, but without any trace of blue on rump or wings. 

 Length (skin) 4.50, wing 3.40, tail 1.00, culmen .48. 



Seven specimens examined : Four adult males from Bogota (includ- 

 ing two "types" in the Lafresnaye collection), two supposed young 

 males, and the adult female described above. The second supposed 

 young male is one of the Lafresnaye "types," and resembles that de- 

 scribed above, except that there is more blue about the eye, and more 

 l»lue feathers on the rump, while the green, both on upper and lower 

 parts, is much more like that of the adult. 



4. Psittacula coelestia (Lesson). 

 (Guayaquil Passeriue Parrot.) 



A<japGrma cwlestiti Li:a.-i. , f^clio du Monde Savaut, 1844, pi. 2 ; Descr. Mam. et Ois., 1847, 



198 

 rsittacuJa coclestis Bonap., Rev. Zool., vi, 1854, 152.— Sol., Catal., 1802, 357 (Babahoyo 



and Guayaquil, w. Ecuador). — FiNSCii, Mon.Papag., ii, 18G8, GG6 (Guayaquil, 



"Chili," "Peru ;" "Colombia" ; " h. Guatemala ").—REicnENOW, Consp. 



Psitt., 1882, 190 (Ecuador).— Tacz\n. Orn. dn P6rou, iii, 188G, 214 (Chepen, 



Tumbez, Callacate, and Chota, w. Peru). 

 Paittaculus corUsHx Sciileg., Mus. P.-B., rsUtaci, 1804,32 (Guayaquil; " Chili" ). 



Habitat. — Western Peru and Ecuador ; western Colombia (?) north- 

 western Chili. 



Sp. CHAR. — Adult male: Top and sides of head (except pos.ocular 

 region) bright apple-green or yellowish Paris-green; occiput and hind- 

 neck dull grayish green, sometimes tinged with bluish, and passing into 

 cobalt-blue behind the eye (immediately above auriculars); back, scapu- 

 lars, wing-coverts (except anterior lesser coverts) and tertials dull 

 brownish peagreeu ; lower back, rump, secondaries, under wing-coverts, 

 and axillars, rich dark hyacinth-blue; outer webs of shorter primaries, 

 inner iirimary coverts, and greater coverts rather lighter, more ultra- 

 marine-blue; longer primaries, bright parrot-green ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail bright grass-green, inclining to emerald-green in certain lights; 

 lower parts pea-green, tinged with light brownish laterally, the tlanks, 

 under tail-coverts, etc., purer light green. Length (skins), about 5; 

 wing 3.30-3.45, tail 1.80-1.90, culmen .48-.50. 



Adult female (Pascamayo, Peru ; Lawrence collection): No trace of 

 blue anywhere; upper parts rather brighter green than in males; the 



