BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMEEICA. 193 



[Psittacula] cyanopygia Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 115. — 



Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 19. — Forbes and Robinson, Bull. Liverpool 



Mus., i, 1897, 13. 

 Psittacula cyanopyga Finsch, Die Papag., i, 1867, 662, part. — Lawrence, Mem. 



Best. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 297, part (Mazatlan; Manzanillo Bay). — Salvin 



and GoDMAN, Ibis, 1889, 242, in text (w. Mexico). — Nelson, N. Am. Fauna, 



no. 14, 1899, 41, 42 (characters). 

 Plsittacula] cyanopyga Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 269, footnote. 

 Ps[ittacula] cyanopygia Hartlaub, Jour, fiir Orn., 1889, 113, in text (w. Mexico). 

 [Psittacula passerina.] Subspecies cyanopyga Reichenow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1881, 



350(monogr.); Consp. Psitt., 1882, 190; Vogelbild., 1882,in text topl.28,fig.2. 

 Psittaculus cyanopygius Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, iii, no. 26 (Psittaci), 1864, 33 



("Boli^^a"); no. 38 (Revue), 1874, 9. 

 Psittacula cyanopygia cyanopygia Miller (W. DeW.), Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xxi, 



Nov. 24, 1905, 348 (Cosala and Eecuinapa, S. Sinai oa; habits). 



PSITTACULA CYANOPYGIA PALLIDA Brewster. 



SONORAN PARROTLET. 



Similar to P. c. cyanoyygia but the green color paler and less 

 yellowish, both above and below.<^ 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 128-135 (131); wing, 89.5-93 (91); 

 tail, 41-47 (43.2); culmen, 12-13 (12.6); tarsus, 11.5-12.5 (12); 

 outer anterior toe, 12.5-14 (13.4).^ 



Adult female. -Length, (skins), 125-134 (131); wing, 88.5-95 

 (89.7); tail, 39-43.5 (40.1); culmen, 12-13.5 (12.3); tarsus, 11.5- 

 12.5 (11.8); outer anterior toe, 13-14 (-13.5).*' 



Northwestern Mexico, in State of Sonora (Alamos; Sierra de Alamos.) 



Psittacula cyanopyga pallida Brewster, Auk, vi, April, 1889 (author's separates 

 published Jan., 1889), 85 (Alamos, Sonora; coll. W. Brewster). 



Psittacula pallida Salvadori, Ibis, July, 1906, 464 (synonymy). 



[Psittacula'] pallida Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 19. 



Psittacula cyanopygia var. pallida Dubois, Synopsis Avium, 1903, 1053. 



Psittacula cyanopygia (not of Souance) Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xx, 

 1891, 249, part (Sierra de Alamos, Sonora). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1897, 581, part (Alamos and Sierra de Alamos, Sonora). — 

 (?) Lantz, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci. for 1896-'97 (1899), 220 (Limoncito, 

 Sonora [Sinaloa?]). 



PSITTACULA INSULARIS Ridgway. 



GRAYSON'S PARROTLET. 



Similar to P. cyanopygia cyanopygia but larger (especially the 

 bill) and darker; adult male with rump, etc., cerulean, instead of 

 turquoise, blue, and with under parts of body more bluish or glaucous 

 green, in strong contrast with yellowish green of cheeks. 



« In the original description of the subspecies Mr. Brewster says "lower parts lighter 

 and more yellowish" ; but with a much larger series of P. c. cyanopygia and a consider- 

 able series of P. c. pallida (the latter, however, not seen by Mr. Brewster), I find that 

 while the under parts are distinctly lighter in P. c. pallida they are by no means 

 more yellowish, being, in fact, at least in adult males, decidedly less so than in 

 P. c. cyanopygia. 



^ Five specimens. 



<= Ten specimens. 



1957°— Bull. 50, pt 7—16 13 



