152 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



6d. Under wing-coverta extensively red, the under primary coverts yellow. 



(Nicaragua to western Panama) Aratinga finsclii, adults (p. 152). 



cc. Forehead only partly red (sometimes with only a few red feathers). (Under 



wing-coverts with or without red) Aratinga finschi, young (p. 153). 



66. Forehead without any bright red. 

 c. Under wing-coverts red. (Aratinga chloroptera.) 

 d. Under primary coverts olive. (Haiti.) 



Aratinga chloroptera chloroptera, adults (p. 153). 

 dd. Under primary coverts (as well as smaller coverts) red. (Porto Rico and 



Mona Island; extinct?) Aratinga chloroptera maugei, adults (p. 155). 



cc. Under wing-coverts wholly green. 

 d. Throat and foreneck red or orange (the feathers yellow basally). (Guate- 

 mala to northern Nicaragua.) Aratinga rubritorquis, adults (p. 156). 



dd. Throat and foreneck green, like rest of under parts. 

 e. Tenth (outermost) primary longer than seventh; distance from tips of 

 longest primary coverts to tips of longest primaries greater than from 

 former to bend of wing; green of under parts lighter. 

 /. Smaller (wing less than 160 mm.); green of imder parts less yellowish. 



Aratinga rubritorquis, young (p. 156). 



ff. Larger (wing not less — usually much more — than 160 mm.; green of 



under parts more yellowish. 



g. Smaller (averaging: male, wing, 168.1, tail 128.8, culmen 24.9, tarsus 



17.2, outer anterior toe 21.2; female, wing 165.8, tail 125.6, culmen 



24.1, tarsus 16.6, outer anterior toe 21.2. (Mexico; Guatemala?) 



Aratinga holochlora holochlora (p. 157). 



gg. Larger (averaging: male, wing 175, tail 139.7, culmen 28.2, tarsus 19, 



outer anterior toe 25.7; female, wing 180.4, tail 140, culmen 27.9, 



tarsus 18.6, outer anterior toe 24.7. (Salvador to western Nicaragua.) 



Aratinga holochlora strenua (p. 158). 



ee. Tenth (outermost) primary not longer (usually much shorter) than 



seventh; distance from tips of longest primary coverts to tips of longest 



primaries not greater than from former to bend of wing; green of under 



parts darker. (Socorro Island, western Mexico.) 



Aratinga brevipes, adults and young (p. 159). 

 aa. Smaller (wing 135-140 mm.). (Cuba.) Aratinga euops (p. 160). 



ARATINGA FINSCHI (Salvin). 



FINSCH'S PAROQrET. 



Adults (sexes alil^ie). — Forelioad, median anterior portion of crown, 

 and upper anterior portion of lores, deep poppy red; under "wing- 

 coverts and edge of wing mostly vermilion red, or orange-vermilion, 

 and orange (except proximal coverts, which are mostly green), the 

 under primary coverts chrome yellow ; under surface of remiges and 

 rectrices yellowish olive; rest of plumage clear parrot green above, 

 lighter and more yellowish green below (yellowish apple green on 

 posterior under parts), the head and neck frequently with scattered 

 red feathers; the lower portion of thighs also partly red; bill brown- 

 ish buffy, paler terminally; iris (yellow?); bare orbital space pale 

 flesh color or whitish (in hfe) ; legs and feet pale pinkish brown or 

 dull whitish flesh color. 



