BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMEEICA. 



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Adult male.— Length (skins), 233-247 (239); wing, 136.5-146.5 

 (141.1); tail, 113-118.5 (115.6); culmen, 19-20.5 (19.7); tarsus, 

 14-14.5 (14.4); outer anterior toe, 18-19 (18.2). « 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 228-254 (244); wing, 138-148.5 

 (142.1); tail, 121-127 (123.6); culmen, 18.5-19.5 (18.9); tarsus, 14-15 

 (14.3); outer anterior toe, 17.5-18.5 (18).« 



Island of Curasao, Dutch West Indies ; island of St. Thomas, Greater 

 Antilles (introduced?). 



[Psittacus] pertinax Linn^.us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 98, no. 10 ("Indiis;" 

 based on Psittacus macrourus viridis, genis Julvis, remigibus rectricihusque 

 canescentibus Mus. Ad. Fr., i, 14); ed. 12, i, 17GG, 142 ("America"). — Gmelin, 

 Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 322.— Latham, Index Om., i, 1790, 94. 

 Psittacus pertinax Bechstein, Lathams Uebers. Vogel, i, 1793, 196, 700. — Tem- 

 MiNCK, Cat. Syst., 1807, 25 and note (app.), p. 7 (includes Illinois Parraheet 

 Latham, Synopsis Birds, i, 228). — Shaw, Gen. ZooL, viii, pt. 2, 1811, 445. — 

 Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxv, 1817, 360 (cites PL Enl., pi. 528); 

 Tabl. Enc. Meth., iii, 1823, 1395.— Kuhl, Consp. Psitt., 1820, 24.— Kuster, 



Om. Connect. 

 Atlas, Papag., 1837, 86, pi. 66.— Thienemann, Fortpfl. d. ges. Vog., 1846, 75. 

 Ps[itlacus\ pertinxtx Bechstein, Kurze Uebers., 1811, 72. 

 Aratinga pertinax Spix, Av. Bras., i, 1824, 37. — Stephens, Shaw's Gen. ZooL, 



xiv, 1826, 132.— Brehm, Mon. Papag., 1842, pi. 29. 

 S{ittace\ pertinax Wagler, Mon. Psitt., 1832, 652, 730, part. — Hartlaub, Syst. 



Verz., 1844, 86 ("Brasilien"). 

 C[onurus'\ pertinax Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1845, 413. 



Conurus pertinax Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de ZooL, 1854, 150; Naumannia, 1856 

 (Consp. Psitt., no. 66).— Souance, Bev. etMag. deZooL, 1856, 60 ("Bresil"). 

 — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 348, part. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, iii, 

 no. 26 (Psittaci), 20; no. 38 (Revue), 1874, 5.— Finsch, Die Papag., i, 1867, 

 506, part. — Russ, Joum. fiir Orn., 1869, 82. — Cabanis, Joum. ftir Om., 

 1879, 222. — Reichenow, Joum. fiir Om., 1881, 282 (monogr.); Consp. Psitt., 

 1881, 171. — Marschall, Papag., 1889, 55. — Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., XX, 1891, 197 (St. Thomas, Greater Antilles); Ibis, 1906, 457.— Ber- 

 lepsch, Joum. fiir Om., 1892, 88 (Curasao). — Peters, Joum. fiir Om., 1892, 

 112 (Curasao; habits).- Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 101, 141 (St. 

 Thomas; Curasao); Pub. 137, Field Mus. N. H., 1909, 206 (Curasao; crit.; 

 descr. nest). — Hartert, Ibis, 1893, 320 (Curayao; crit.; habits); Novit. ZooL, 

 ix, 1902, 301 (Curafao; crit.).— Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Om. Club, xvi, 1905, 

 15 (Curasao; St. Thomas). 



