158 psittacidj:. 



Handb. Jamaica, p. 110 (1881) ; Cory, List B. W. Ind. p. 20 



(1885) ; id. Auk, 1886, p. 454; id. Birds of the W. Ind. p. 177 



(1889). 

 Macrocercus (Aracanga) tricolor, Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 132 (1850) ; 



Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 149, n. 8 ; Souance, Rev. et May. 



de Zool. 1856, p. 57. 

 Arara tricolor, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. no. 5 ; Schleg. 



Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 4 (18G4) ; id. op. cit. Revue, p. 2 (1874). 

 (Sittace?) licktensteini, Wagl. (!) tide Bp. Naumannia, I. c. 

 Primolius tricolor, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 145, n. 8083 (1870). 



Male. Forehead red, becoming yellowish red on the top of the 

 head, and shading into bright yellow on the nape ; feathers of the 

 upper back cinnamon-red, edged with greenish ; lesser wing-coverts 

 brown with reddish edgings ; entire underparts scarlet-red, showing 

 a tinge of orange on the cheeks and throat, some of the feathers 

 showing yellow on the belly; primaries and secondaries showing bright 

 blue on the upper surface ; under surface of primaries pale brownish 

 red; upper surface of tail-feathers showing the feathers cinnamon-red, 

 shading into bright blue on the tips, some feathers showing more blue 

 than cinnamon, while in others the cinnamon predominates ; under 

 surface of tail-feathers golden orange-red ; crissum pale blue ; bare 

 skin around the eye probably dull white : bill dark brown, pale at 

 the tip ; legs and feet brownish; iris pale yellow. Length about 

 18 inches, wing 11, tail 10, bill 1*7, tarsus - 85. 



Hah. Cuba. 



a. Ad. sk. [South America.] Purchased. 



b. Ad. st. [South America.] Zool. Society. 



6. Ara militaris. 



The Great Green Maccaw, Edw. Glean, vii. p. 224, pi. 313 (1764). 

 Psittacus militaris, Linn. S. X. i. p. 139, n. 2 (1766); Gm, S. A. i. 



p. 313, n. 2 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 83, n. 3 (1790) ; Shau; 



Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 395 (1811) ; Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 65, n. 4 



(1811); Kuhl, Consp. I'sitt. p. 17, n. 7 (1820) ; Licht. Preis-Verz. 



Me.vico, p. 1 (1830) ; Wagl. Isis, 1831, p. 525 ; Voigt, Cuv. Uebers. 



p. 124 (1831) ; Hahn, Orn. Atlas, Papag. p. 26, t, 11 (1834) ; 



Brehm, Mon.de Papaq. t. 5 (1842) ; Licht. Journ.f. Orn. 1863, 



p. 54. 

 Military Maccaw, Lath. Sgn. i. p. 203, n. 3 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist. 



ii. p. 106 (1822). 

 L'Ara militaire, Levaill. Perr. pi. 4 (1801). 

 Macrocercus militaris, Vieill. N. D. ii. p. 261 (1816) ; id. Erie. Meth. 



iii. p. 1418(1823); Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 113 (1826); Less. 



Tr. dOrn.-p. 185 (1831); Selb. Nat. Libr., Parrots, p. 87, pi. 5 



(part.) (1836) ; Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 109 (Mexico) ; Barm. Syst. 



Ueb. ii. p. 163 (note, part.) (1856) ; ? Finseh,Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. 



i. Berigt. p. xiv (1863) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Psittaci, p. 7 



(1869). 

 Sittace militaris, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 668 (part.) (1832) ; Hartl. 



Syst. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 86 (1844); Fimch, Papag. i. p. 396 



(part.) (1867), ii. p. 943 (1868) ; id. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. 1870, 



p 352 ; Law. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 295 (1874) ; Gieb. 



