RHYjfCHOPSITTACrS. 109 



1. Rhynchopsittacus pachyrhynchus. 



Macrocercus pachyrhynchus, Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 439 



(1827). 

 Psittacus strenuua, Licht. Preis- Verz. Mexico, p. 1 (1830) ; id. Journ. 



/. Orn. 1863, p. 54. 

 Psittacus pascha, Wagl. Isis, 1831, p. 525. 

 Sittace pachyrhyncha, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 667, t. xxv (1832) • 



Hart/ Syst. Verz. Ges. Mm. p. 86 (1844); Finsch, Papaq. \. 



p. 428 (1867) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. hi. p. 497 (1877). 

 Psittacus pachyrhynchus, Halm, Orn. Atl, Papag. p. 94, t. 73 



(1840). 

 Ara pachyrhyncha, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 412, n 7 (1845) • 



id. List Psitt Brit. Mus. p. 29 (1859) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1859! 



p. 368. ' 



Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p 149 



n. 13 ; Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 57 ; Bp. Nau- 



manma, 1856, Comp. Psitt. n. 30; Souance, Icon. Pen: pi. v 



9,fJ2'> £*£ P A Z & 1857 ' P- 230 ! Bair *> B - ofN. Am p. 66 

 V7 •■} I, ■ S - Gr - Han( Mist, ii. p. 145, n. 8085 (1870) ; Salvin, 

 Aw, 1871, pp.8/, 91 ; Sal. # Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. Ill 

 (18/3) ; Salvin, Cat. B. Stricld. Coll. p. 464 (1882) ; Ridqio. Man. 

 N.Am. B. p. 269, pi. lxxvii. f. 2 (1887); Cooke, Rev. B. Miqr 

 Miss. \ alley, p. 124 (1888) ; Salv. % Godm. Ibis, 1889, p. 242. 

 Conurus pachyrhynchus, Schleq. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p 1 1 (1864) • 

 id op. cit. Revue, p. 3 (1874); Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 273 

 {Comp. Psitt. p. 161) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 78 (1883). 



Adult male. Green, cheeks and ear-coverts brighter; sinciput, 

 lores, a broad superciliary stripe, edge and bend of the wing, some 

 feathers on the carpal edge, and thighs dark red ; a blackish-brown 

 spot in front of the eyes; greater under wing-coverts yellow; 

 quills underneath blackish, the tail underneath also blackish with 

 a slight olive tinge : bill black ; feet blackish. Total length about 

 1/ inches, wing 11 to 10-5, tail 7-4, bill 1-6, tarsus 7-5. 



Female. Exactly like the male. 



Youmj. Differs from the adult in having the red on the sinciput 

 less extended, no red superciliary stripe, the lores brown-red, much 

 less red colour on the bend of the wing and carpal edge, and the bill 

 horn-whitish, except at the base of the edges of the upper maudible, 

 where it is horn-blackish. 



Hah. Central and Northern Mexico and South-western Texas. 



?" ff ¥' ^ exic °- J - Bake '> Esq. [PA 



b. Ad. sk Mexico. Purchased. 



c : J " v - s , k - Mexico. Sclater Coll. 



tf.Ad.sk. Mexico Salvhi-Goduian Coll. 



e. Ad sk. Jalapa, Mexico (de Oca). S : ,lvin-Godmau Coll. 



/, ff, n. 6 ¥ ad. Ciudacl Durango, Mexico, Julv, Salvin-Godman Coll 



et <3 imm. sk. Nov. (A. Fairer). 



t. Juv. sk. Mexico. Gould Coll. 



