4. ARA. 



157 



upper wing-coverts dark scarlet, median olive-green, greater blue ; 

 the innermost greater upper wing-coverts and the scapulars olive- 

 green, more or less tinged with blue ; two central tail-feathers dark 

 red, tipped with blue, the next two pairs blue, broadly edged with 

 red on both webs towards the base ; the three outer tail-feathers of 

 each side nearly entirely blue ; tail underneath golden red ; naked 

 skin of the sides of the head flesh-colour, with many lines of red 

 feathers : iris straw-yellow ; upper mandible horny white, with the 

 base of the edges black ; lower mandible black ; feet greyish black. 

 Total length about 34 inches, wing 15-5, tail 21, bill 3-3, tarsus 1-2. 



Female. Like the male. 



Hub. From Guatemala to Guiana and Bolivia, and the Amazons 

 Valley. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. J ad. sk. 



e. <3 ad. sk. 



/. $ ad. sk. 



g. <3 ad. sk. 



h, i. Ad. sk. 

 k. Skeleton 



incomplete. 

 /. Skull. 



S. America. 



Panama {McLeannan). 

 Panama (McLean/nut). 

 Valle Dupar, Venezuela, May 



(Simotis). 

 Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, 



Oct. ( White Ig). 

 Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, April 



( Whitely). 

 Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). 



5. Ara tricolor. 



Purchased. 

 (Type of the species.) 

 Riocour Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Le petit Ara, V Anient. PI. Enl. 641. 



Ara rouge, part., Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 179 (1779). 



Psittacus macao, Bodd. {nee Linn.) Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 39 {ex PI. Enl. 

 641) (1783 ). 



L'Ara tricolor, Levaill. Pen: i. p. 17, pi. 5 (1801). 



Psittacus tricolor, Bechst. Furze Ueb. p. 64, pi. i. (1811) • Euhl 

 Consp. Psitt. p. 16 (1820); Voir/t, Cuv. Uebers. p. 724(1831)' 

 Brehm, Mon. d. Papag. t. 3 (1842). 



Macrocercus tricolor, Vieill. N. I), ii. p. 262 (1816) ; id. Enc Meth 

 iii. p. 1418 (1823); Less. Tr. d'Om. p. 186, pi. 18. f. 1 (1831) : 

 Cab. u. Gundl.Jount.f. Orn. 1856, p. 105 ; Brewer, Pi: Bost. Soc 

 Nat. Hist. vii. p. 307 (1860) : Gundl. Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 336- 

 id. Repert. Fisko-Nat. Cuba, i. p. 297 (1866) ; id. Journ. f. Orn 

 1871, p. 277, 1874, p. 163; id. Contr. Orn. Cuba, pp. 126,270 



Sittace tricolor. Wagl Mon. Psitt. p. 669 (1832) ; Finsch, Papag 

 i. p. 40!) (1867) j Bchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 268 ( Consp. Psitt 

 p. 156) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 74 (1883) ; Marsh. Papag. p. 55 

 (188*'). 



Macroeircus tricolor, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 299 (1837). 



Ara tricolor, D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois v 161 

 (1840); G. B. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 412, n. 5 (1845); Qosse, B of 

 Jam. p. 2i:0(1847) ; Albrecht, Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 202 ; Finsd 

 Ned, Ti/dsehr. Dierk. i. Berigt. p. "xiv (1863); Sclat. & Sato 

 Nomencl Av. Neotrop. p. Ill, n. 8 (1873); A. i E. Newt 



