1G4 PSITT ACIDiE. 



Primolius niaraeana, Bp.,Jide G. M. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus., in syn. 

 A. maracanas, p. 27 (1859) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 144, 

 n. 8079 (1870). 



Adult. Green, rump and upper tail-coverts with an olive tinge ; 

 forehead rose-red ; head, nape, and cheeks greenish blue, darker 

 on the crown ; a patch on the lower back and another on the middle 

 of the abdomen pale scarlet ; quills and primary-coverts blue ; 

 secondaries and outermost greater upper wing-coverts blue, tinged 

 with green on the outer webs ; carpal edge bluish green ; under 

 wing-coverts olive-green ; tail blue, with the base of the feathers, 

 especially of the central ones, tinged with reddish brown ; quills 

 and tail-feathers underneath golden olive, becoming dusky towards 

 the tips : " bill horny black ; feet brown flesh-colour ; naked cheeks 

 yellowish flesh-colour ; iris brown-red " (Finsch). Total length 

 16 - 7 inches, wing 8 - 5, tail 9*1, bill 1*4, tarsus 0-6. 



Female. Like the male, only the red on the forehead less 

 extended. 



Young. Red colour on the forehead less extended and paler ; the 

 patches on the lower back and middle of the abdomen yellowish, 

 and the upper parts spotted with pale grey-brown (Wied). 



Hab. Brazil and Paraguay. 



a. Ad. sk. Riocour Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll. 

 el. Ad. sk. S. America. Sclater Coll. 



e,f. Ad.sk. Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. S ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



Brazil (Joyner). 



11. Ara couloni. 



Conurus illigeri, Tsch. (nee Temm.) Cab. Wiegm. Archiv, 1844, 

 p. 304 ; id. Fauna Per., Aves, p. 271 (1844-46) ; Cab. Journ.f. Orn. 

 1869, p. 287. 



Sittace maracana (part.), Finsch, Papay. i. p. 420 (1867). 



Ara couloni, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 255 (with figure of the head) ; 

 Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 786 (1877); Tacz. Orn. Pir. iii. p. 195, 

 Table, p. 99 (1886) ; Berlepseh, Ibis, 1889, p. 181 ; id. Journ.f. Orn. 

 1889, pp. 291 (note), 314, t. iii. f. 1. 



Sittace couloni, Behnw. Jovrn. f. Orn. 1881, p. 270 (Consp. Psitt. 

 p. 158) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 76 (1883). 



Yery much like A. maracana, but differs in wanting the red on 

 the forehead, lower back, and middle of the abdomen ; besides the blue 

 on the head, and especially on the cheeks, is purer and paler ; the 

 tip of the upper mandible is whitish ; the naked skin round the 

 eyes less extended. Total length 16 inches, wing 8 - 7, tail 9-5, 

 bill 1-65, tarsus 0-85. 



Hab. Peru. 



