BIKDS OF NORTn AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 167 



ConwiLs pertinax xanthogenius Hartert, Novit. Zool., ix, July 25, 1902, 302 (Bon- 

 aire; crit.). 



Conurus pertinax (not Psittacus pertinax Linnaeus) Finsch, Die Papag., i, 1867, 

 506, part. — Salvadori, Cat. Birda Brit. Mus., xx, 1891, 197, part. — Dubois, 

 Synop. Avium, 1899, 12, part. 



EUPSITTULA PERTINAX ARUBENSIS (Hartert). 



ARTJBA PAROQTTET. 



Similar to E. p. seruginosus "■ but orbital region (especially be- 

 neath eyes) dull orange-yellow (antimony yellow to yellow ocher), 

 crown less strongly bluish (the blue, if present, lighter), and color of 

 malar region, chest, etc., hghter (ecru-ohve to dark olive-buif instead 

 of buffy citrine or saccardos ohve). 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 248-251 (249.5) ; wmg, 136-1 36.5 (136.2) ; 

 tail, 113.5-121 (117.2); cuhnen, 19; tarsus, 13.5-14 (13.7); outer 

 anterior toe, 18-18.5 (18.2).^ 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 238; wing, 133.5-141 (137.2); tail, 

 112.5-117.5 (115); cuhnen, 18.5-19.5 (19); tarsus, 14-14.5 (14.2); 

 outer anterior toe, 18-18.5 (18.2).^ 



Island of Aruba, Dutch West Indies. 



C[onurus] asruginosus (not Psittacus aeruginosus Linnseus) Hartert, Bull. Brit, 



Orn. Club, no. iii, 1892, p. xii (Aruba Island). 

 Conurus arubensis Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. iv, Dec. 31, 1892, p. xvi 



(Island of Aruba, Dutch West Indies; coll. Tring Mus.?); Ibis, 1893, 300 



(crit.; habits). 

 [Conurus] arubensis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 16. 

 Conurus xruginosus arubensis Hartert, Novit. Zool., ix, July 25, 1902, 301 (crit.; 



habits). 

 Conurus seruginosus arubensis Cory, Pub. 137, Field Mus. N. H., 1909, 199 (crit.). 



EUPSITTULA OCULARIS (Sclater and Salvin). 



VERAGUA PAROQTJET. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Above deep apple green passing into duU 

 bluish green or tinged with paris green on pileum; distal secondaries 

 and proximal primaries passing into dull blue or greenish blue (dull 

 cerulean blue to dull beryl green) distally, the primaries margined 

 terminally with blackish; loral, lower part of suborbital, auricular, 

 and malar regions, chin, and upper throat, plain light grayish brown 

 (buffy hair brown), passing into a paler and more buffy or yellowish 

 hue on lower throat, foreneck, upper chest, and sides of neck; an 

 elongated, subcrescentic, patch of orange-yellow (deep chrome to 

 orange-buff) immediately beneath bare orbital space, its posterior 

 extremity acute; breast, sides, flanks, and under tail-covets clear 

 yellowish apple green, passing into greenish yellow on abdomen, the 

 yeUow usually deeper or purer (nearly pure lemon yellow) on lower 



o See p. 163. ^ Two specimens. 



