4. ARA. 167 



14. Ara nobilis. 



Psittacus nobilis, Linn. Mus. Adolph. Frid. ii. p. 18 (17G4) ; id. S. 



N. i. p. 140, n. 5 (syn. emend.) (1766) ; 6m. S. N. i. p. 314, n. 6 



(1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 85, n. 9 (1790) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 



2, p. 401 (1811); Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 66 (1811-12) ; Neuwied, 



Bear. iv. p. 165 (1832) ; Hahn, Orn. AH., Papag. p. 43, t. 27 (1835). 

 Noble Parrot, Lath. Syn. i. p. 207 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. p. Ill 



(1822). 

 Psittacus guianensis, part., Kuhl (nee Linn.), Consp. Psitt. p. 19 (syn. 



emend.) (1820). 

 Psittacus cumanensis, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 6, u. 8 (1823). 

 Arara macrognathos, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 26, t. xxv. ff. 1, 2 (1824) ; 



Voigt, Cuv. Uebers. p. 732 (1831) ; Brehm, Mon. d. Papag. t. 12 



(1842). 

 Psittacara frontatus, fig. Zool. Journ. ii. p. 389 (1825). 

 Arara cavana, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 188 (1831). 

 Sittace nobilis, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 661 (1832) ; JIartl. Si/st. Verz. 



Ges. Mus. p. 86(1844); Finsch, Papag. i. p. 424 (1867); Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. pp. 256, 445, Hi (1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 496 



(1877) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xxii. f. 6 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 



1881, p. 271 (Consp. Psitt. p. 159). 

 Conurus macrognathus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 300 (1837). 

 Psittacara nobilis, Bourj. Pen: pi. 22 (1837-38) ; Selb. Nat. Libr., 



Parrots, p. 97, pi. 8 (1836) ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150, 



n. 19; Souance", Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 58 ; Bp. Naumannia, 



1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 15 ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Psittaci, p. 7 



(1869). 

 Conurus nobilis, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 413, n. 2 (1845) ; id. List 



Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 32 (1859) ; id. Hand-list, ii. p. 147, n. 8092 



(1870). 

 ? Psittacara cumanensis, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150, n. 26. 

 Macrocercus nobilis, Burin. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 162 (1856). 

 Ara nobilis, Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 345, n. 2061 (1862) ; Sclat. $■ Salv. 



P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 587 (Para) ; iid. Nomenel. Av. Neotrop. p. 1 1 1 , n. 14 



(1873); Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll, p. 464 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. 



An. 8th ed. p. 341 (1883). 

 Arara nobilis, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 8 (1864) ; id. op. cit. 



Revue, p. 3 (1874). 



Adult male. Green, underparts a little more yellowish green ; 

 forehead and a band over the eyes blue ; carpal edge from the bend 

 of wings and under wing-coverts scarlet ; first primary and first 

 primary-coverts bluish on the outer web ; greater under wing- 

 coverts, quills, and tail-feathers underneath golden olive, quills dusky 

 on the outer webs : upper mandible horny white, with the tip black ; 

 lower mandible horny brown-black ; feet brownish black : " naked 

 skin of the cheeks white ; iris yellow " ( Wied). Total length about 

 14 inches, wing 74, tail 7, bill 1*3, tarsus 0-65. 



Female. Like the male, only a little smaller. 



Younc/. No red feathers on the bend of the wing and along the 

 carpal edge, which are green ; only the middle under wing-coverts 

 red ; perhaps in tho very young bird the whole of the under wing- 

 coverts green. 



Hah. Brazil from Para to Matogrosso and the Eastern Provinces. 



