4. ARA. 155 



1874, p. 587 ; Later. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 35 (Tehuan- 



tepee) (1875) ; Boueard, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 38, 46 ; Sclat. $ Salv. 



P. Z. 8. 1 879, i). i ;.'! I ; Schmidt, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 310 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1 882, ]). 46 ; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 402 (1882) ; 



Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 339 (1883) ; Nutting, Pr. IT. S. 



Nat. Mus. vi. pp. 376, 388, 395, 407 (Nicaragua) (1883) ; Zeled. 



Pr. IT. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. ] 1 1 (Costa Itica) (1885) ; Salv. Lbis, 



1886, p. 67 ; Tacz. Orn. du Perou, iii. p. 192, Tabl. p. 98 (1886) ; 



Jiidgw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 587 (1887) ; Garlepp, Journ.f. Orn. 



1889, p. 290 ; Berlepsch, Journ.f. Orn. 1889, p. 313. 

 Ara aracanga, G. R. (Jr. Gen. B. ii. p. 412, n. 3 (1845) ; Sclat 



P. Z. S. 1857, p. 266 ; Moore, P. Z. JS. 1859, p. 59 ; Sclat. fy Salv. 



Ibia, 185!), p. 137; Homey. Journ. f. Orn. 1859, p. 360; Sclat. Sf 



Sale. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 367; Later. Ann. Luc. N. Y. viii. v. 11 



(1867). v 



Macrocercua (Aiacanga) aracanga, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 



p. 149, n. 6 ; Souance", Bee. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 57. 

 Sittace macao, Sund. Journ. f. Orn. L855, p. 165; Finsch, Papag 



i. p. 39S (1867), ii. p. 943 (180S); Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix.' 



p. 131 (1808); Frantz. Journ. f. Orn. 1869, p. 364; Pelz. Orn. 



Bras. pp. 254, lii (1871) ; Sund. Meth. Nat. av. (lisp. Tent. p. 70 



(1872); Gieb. The*. Orn. iii. p. 4i)5 (1877); Rchntc. Togelbild. 



t. ix. f. 5 (1878-83) ; Sund. Ibis, L886, p. 454 

 Arara macao, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 3 (1864) ; id. on cit 



Revue, p. 2(1874). * ' 



Sittace cocciuea, Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 267 (Consp. Psitt 



p. 155). 



Adult. Scarlet-red; lower back, rump, upper and under tail- 

 coverts pale blue ; smaller upper wing-coverts and under win°-- 

 coverts scarlet ; greater and median upper wing-coverts and sca- 

 pulars yellow, tipped with green ; quills blue, underneath golden 

 red ; greater under wing-coverts brown-red ; tail-feathers scarlet- 

 red, with black shafts, the two central ones scarcely tipped with blue, 

 the blue tips increasing in extent on the outer feathers ; the three 

 outer tail-feathers almost wholly blue ; tail underneath golden 

 red, which becomes very dark on the three outer feathers : upper 

 mandible white, blackish at the tip and at the base of the ed°-es ; 

 under mandible black ; feet blackish ; iris yellowish white ; naked 

 skin of the cheeks dusky flesh-colour. Total length about 36 inches, 

 wing 16, tail 23 - 5, bill 2-7, tarsus 1-1. 



Female. Like the male. 



Young. The anterior median upper wing-coverts and the pos- 

 terior scapulars partly green (Finsch). 



1 1 ah. America from Tehuantepcc (Mexico), through Central 

 America to Bolivia, Guiana, and the Amazons Valley. 



a. c? ad. sk. Chimalapa, Mexico, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Richardson). 



b. Ad. sk. Agima, Guatemala, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll 



(O. -VI. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Savana Grande, Dec. (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. S ad. sk. Peje, Costa Rica (J. Car- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mini). 



f. 2 ad. sk. Panama (McLeannan). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



