4. AEA. 159 



Thes. Orn. iii. p. 496 (part.) (1877) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. 1. f. 1 



(1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 268 (Consp. Psitt. p. 156) 



(part,). 

 Ara militaris, G. R. Or. Gen. B. ii. p. 412, n. 6 (1845) ; ?Gosse, B. of 



Jamaica, p. 261 (1847) ; Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1857, p. 42 ; Sclat. 



P. Z. 8. 1857, p. 230, P1858, p. 76 (Rio Napo); G. R. Gr. List 



Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 28 (part.) (1859); Sclat. Cat. Am. Birch, 



p. 345, n. 2058 (1862); ? Albr. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 202; 



Sclat. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 183 ; Salv. Ibis, 1871, pp. 87, 88 (part.) ; 



Sclat. § Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. Ill, n. 5 (part.) (1873) ; 



? Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 549 ; Lawr. Bull. U S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 



p. 35 (Teh uan tepee) (1875); Garrod, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 692; 



r Boucard, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 1878, p. 32 (Guatemala) ; 



Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 241 ; Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 538 (?), 



634 ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 339 (1883) ; Nutt. Pr. V. S. 



Nat. Mus. vi. p. 407 (Nicaragua) (1883); Zeled. Pr. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. viii. p. Ill (Costa Rica) (1885) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 191, 



Tabl. p. 98 (1886) ; Ridgw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 586 (1887) ; 



Bignon, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1888, p. 181; Salv. 8,- Godm.Lbis, 1889, 



p. 241. 

 Macrocercus (Aracanga) militaris, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 



p. 149, n. 9. 

 Arara militaris, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 5 (part.) (1864) ; id. 



op. cit. Revue, p. 2 (1874). 

 Primolius militaris, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 144, n. 8081 (1870). 

 Sittace militaris, subsp. amhigua, Rchnw. (nee Bechst.), Journ. f. Orn 



1881, p. 268 [Consp. Psitt. p. 156). 



Adult male. Green, with an olive tinge, head purer green ; a 

 slight tinge of bluish on the hind neck; forehead and feathered 

 lines on the lores scarlet ; feathered lines on the cheeks blackish 

 green ; chin brown; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts light 

 blue ; quills, primary-coverts, and outermost greater wing-coverts 

 blue ; quills underneath golden olive ; under wing-coverts green, the 

 greater ones somewhat dusky ; four middle tail-feathers brown-red, 

 largely tipped with blue ; third and fourth blue, edged with brown- 

 red towards the base, the two outer tail-feathers almost entirely 

 blue ; tail underneath golden olive-yellow : " naked skin of the 

 cheeks flesh-colour ; iris yellow-grey " (Finsch) ; bill blackish ; feet 

 greyish black. Total length 27 inches, wing 14"5, tail 14, bill 2*2, 

 tarsus 1*1. 



Female. Like the male. 



Hab. Mexico, Central and South America from Bogota to Peru 

 and Bolivia. 



a. Ad. sk. S. America. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. S. America. Purchased. 



d. (S ad. sk. Quiriogo, Sonora, Mexico, May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Lloyd). 

 e,f. (S $ ad. sk. Presidio de Mazatlan, Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dec. (Forrer). 

 g-i. cS $ ad. sk. San Bias, Mexico, May (Rich- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ardson). 

 k. Ad. sk. Culata, Colima, Mexico Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Lloyd). 



