Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. j y 7 



Family PSITTACID^. 

 Genus Ara Briss. 



Ara Brisson, Orn. 1760. 



Ara tricolor (Bechst.). 



PsHtacus tricolor Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 64, pi. i (181 1). 



Macrocercus tricolor Vieill. Nouv. Diet. p. 262. — Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 



186 (1831).— Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 105.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. 



NatTHist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, 



p. 297 (1S66) ; lb. J. f. O. 1874, p. 163. 

 Sittace tricolor Wagl. Men. Psitt. p. 66.;> (1832). — Finsch, Die Papag. 



Men. Bearb. I, p. 409 (1S67). 

 Ara tricolor D'Orr. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 161 (1S40). — 



Gray, Gen. Bds. II, No. 5 (1844-49). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 260 



(1S47). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 202. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. 



Avium Neotr. p. iii (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica 



p. no (iSSi). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (18S5). 

 Macrocercus makavouatitia Steph. Gen. Zool. XIV, p. 112. 

 Macrocercus {Aracanga) tricolor I^km^. Aves Cuba, p. 132 (1850). — Bp 



Rev. Mag. Zool. 1S54, p. 149. 

 Arara tricolor Bp. Naum. 1856. — Schleg. Mus. Pajs-Bas, Psitt. p. 4 



(1864). 

 Primolinus tricolor Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 145 (1870). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead red, becoming yellowish red on the top of 

 the head, and shading into bright yellow on the nape ; feathers of the 

 upper back cinnamon red, edged with greenish; lesser wing-coverts 

 brown, with reddish edgings ; entire underparts scarlet red, showinga 

 tinge of orange on the cheeks and throat, some of the feathers show- 

 ing 3'ellow on the belly ; primaries and secondaries showing bright 

 blue on the upper surface ; under surface of primaries pale brownish 

 red ; upper surface of tail-feathers showing the featherscinnamon red, 

 shading into bright blue on the tips, some feathers showing more 



