4. ARA. 165 



12. Ara auricollis. 



Arara auricollis, Cass. Pr. Acad. Philad. vi. p. 372 (June 1853) ; id. 



Joum. Ac. N. Sc. Philad. iii. p. 153, pi. 12 (1855,; Schley. Mus. 



P.-B. Psittaci, p. 7 (18(34) ; id. op. cit. Revue, p. 2 (1874). 

 Sittace primoli, Bp. Compt. Rend. (28th Nov., 1853), p. 807 (Not. 



Coll. Belattre, p. 2, note) (1854) ; id. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, 



pp. 147, 150, n. 16 ; Souance, Rev. et May. de Zool. 1856, p. 57 ; 



Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 13 ; Souance, Icon. Pen: 



pi. ii. (1857) ; Sousa, Mas. Nac. Lisb. Psittaci, p. 7 (1869). 

 Ara auritorques, Mass. # Souance, Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 71. 

 Sittace chrysotorques, Lieht. Nomencl. Av. p. 73 (1854). 

 Ara primoli, Des Murs, in Castelm. Exp. Am. du Sud, Ois. p. 13, 



.pi. iv. (1855) ; Hartl. Joum. f. Orn. 1857, p. 42. 

 Ara auricollis, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mug. p. 27 (1859) ; Sclat. 



Sr Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. Ill, n. 13 (1873); id. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 654. 

 Primolius auricollis, Bp., fide G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus.. in 



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



n. 8077 (1870). 

 Sittace auricollis, Finsch, Papay. i. p. 427 (1807) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. 



pp. 255, 455, lii (1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 494 (1877). 

 Sittace xanthotorques, Natt. MS., fide Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 255 (1871). 



Adult. Green ; forehead, crown, and lower parts of the cheeks 

 brown-black ; a slight bluish tinge behind the crown ; a broad 

 yellow collar on the hind neck ; quills and prirnary-coverts blue ; 

 outermost secondaries and outermost greater upper wing-coverts 

 also blue, but ed^ed with green on the outer webs ; under wing- 

 coverts green ; tail blue, with the base of the feathers, especially of 

 the middle ones, brown-red ; quills and tail underneath golden olive ; 

 a concealed spot of reddish orange on the vent : bill horny black, 

 with the tip whitish ; feet yellowish or flesh-colour. Total length 

 about 16 inches, wing 8 - 6, tail 9, bill 1-5, tarsus - 7. 



Female. Rather smaller than the male. Total length 15 inches, 

 wing 7*7, tail 7, bill 1-3. 



Hab. Matogrosso, Bolivia, and Upper Paraguay. 



a. Ad. st. Bolivia. C. Bridges [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. South America. Evton Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. Villa Maria, Brazil, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Natterer). 



d. 2 ad. sk. Estiva, July (Natterer). Selater Coll. 



13. Ara rnacavuanna. 



Arara-catinga, Marcgr. Hist. Bras. ix. p. 207 (1648). 



La Perruche-Ara de Cayenne, D'Aubent. PI. EnL > s i>4. 



La Perriche-Ara, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 277 (1779). 



Parrot Maecaw, Lath. Sun. i. p. 205, n. 5 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 110 (1822). 

 IVittaeus manilatus (!), Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 52 (1783). 

 Peittacua makawuanna, Qm. .v. A. i. p. 314, n. 58 (1788); Knhl, 



Consp. Psitt. p. 18(1820). 



