Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 1 83 



Chrysotis leucocefhaltis Swains. Class. Bds. II, p. 301 (1S37). — Bp. Rev. 



Mag. Zool. 1854.— Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 105. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). — Finsch, Die Papag. Mon. 



Bearb. II, p. 520 (1868).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 164 (1870).— 



GuNDL. J. f. O. 1874, p. 161. 

 Amazona leucocephala ScHLEG. Mus. Pajs-Bas, Psitt. p. 59 (1864). 

 Psittacus (^Chrysotis) collaria (var. bahamensis) Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. VI. p. (1866). 



Chrysotis leucocephala ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 (1873). — 



Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (1SS5). 

 Chrysotis collaria Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 123 (1880). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage green, many feathers narrowly tipped 

 with dark brown; forehead and the top of the head to the eyes 

 white ; throat bright red, sometimes touched with green; some of 

 the feathers on the belly brownish red ; outer webs of primaries blue, 

 inner webs brow^n ; tail green, showing blue on outer webs of 

 outer feathers, and red on the basal half of inner webs of all except 

 the central ones, which sometimes show a trace near the shaft; bill 

 yellowish white ; iris brown. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 13; wing, 8; tail, 4.50; tarsus, .75; bill, 1.25. 

 Habitat. Cuba and Bahamas. 



Birds from the Island of Inagua, Bahamas, vary some- 

 what from Cuban examples. The Cuban bird shows deep 

 crimson on the belly ; the tail is light green, having the basal 

 half of the inner web of the outer feathers deep red, rest of web 

 pale yellowish green, the red marking becoming less and lesson 

 succeeding feathers until obsolete or nearly so on the two central 

 ones ; red coloring slight or absent on under wing-coverts. The 

 Bahama bird differs from the above by showing very little red on 

 the belly, sometimes nearly absent ; more red on the crissum and 

 under wing-coverts; tail bluish green, the red marking shown 

 only on the two outer feathers. It is possible that the differences 

 in question are not constant, but judging from the material ex- 

 amined I am of the opinion that the two forms are at least separa- 

 ble sub-specifically. If this should prove to be the case Dr. 

 Bryant's name bahamensis would be used for the Bahama bird. 



Chrysotis agilis (Linn.). 



Psittacus cayenensis Briss. Orn. IV, p. 237 (1760). 



Psittacus agilis LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 143 (1766). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 

 266 (1847). 



