6. CONURUS. 173 



1879, p. 635; Rchmo. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 276 (Consp. Psitt. 



p. 164) ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 621 ; Rchmv. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 



82 (1883) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 34*2 (1883) ; Berl. 



Journ. f. Orn. 1887, p. 121 ; Sclat. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 42 (1889). 

 Psittacara acuticaudata, Bp. Per. et 3Iag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150, 



n. 22 ; Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 58 ; Bp. Nau- 



mannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 17 (syn. emend.) ; Sousa, Mus. 



Nac. Lisboa, Psittaci, p. 8 (1869). 

 Evopsitta acuticaudata, Souance", Icon. Perr. pi. iv. (1857). 

 Conurus cyanops, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 33 (1859) ; 



Sehleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 11 (1864) ; G. R. Gr. Rand-list, 



ii. p.' 146, n. 8095 (1870) ; Sehleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, 



p. 3 (1874). 

 Conurus fug-ax, Burin. Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 243 ; id. Reise La- 

 Plata St. ii. p. 441 (1861). 

 Conurus glaucifrons, Let/bold, Leopoldina, Heft yiii. no. 7, p. 52 



(1873) ; id. Escurs. Pump. Argent, p. 38 (1873) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 



1873, p. 570 ; Sclat. Ibis, 1873, p. 430 ; Mart. Journ. f. Orn. 



1875, p. 445. 



Adult male. Green ; pileura, lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts dull 

 blue ; breast in some specimens with a slight bluish tinge ; greater 

 under wing-coverts dusky olive ; quills green, on the inner webs olive, 

 underneath golden olive, dusky towards the tips and on the outer 

 webs ; tail-feathers green, underneath olive, the lateral feathers 

 with the base of the inner webs above dull brown-red, below 

 golden red : upper mandible whitish with the tip blackish ; under 

 mandible blackish ; feet yellowish flesh-colour ; iris red ; naked 

 skin round the eyes white. Total length about 14 inches, wing 7' 7, 

 tail 7-5, bill 1*15, tarsus 0-65. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young. Feathers of tho pileum green, tipped with blue ; cheeks 

 green. 



Hab. Bolivia, Paraguay, Northern Argentina, and Uruguay. 



The young bird resembles to a certain extent the following 

 species. 



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



(Type of C. cyanops, Gray.) 



b, c. Ad. etjuv.sk. Bolivia (Bridges). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 d. <$ ad. sk. Catamarca, Argentine Rep. Sclater Coll. 



(White). 

 e,f. J 2 ad. sk. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Pep., E. W. White [C.]. 



June, July. 

 g, h. d $ ad. sk. Uruguay, Dec. Alan Peel, Esq. [C.]. 



Skeleton. 



2. Conurus haemorrhous. 



? Psittacus nobilis, Scop. Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 28 (1769). 



Aratinga hsemormous, Spur, Av. Bras, i. p. 29, t. \iii. (1824); Steph. 



Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 136 1 1826) : Union, Mon. d. Papag. tl6 (18 12 1. 

 Sittace acuticaudata, Wagl. (nee FieilL) Mon. Psitt. p. 662 (1832). 

 Psittacus acuticaudatus, Holm (nee Vieill.), Orn. Atl., Papag. p. 80 



(syn. emend.) t. 60 (1836). 

 Psittacara caruleofrontata, Bourj. Perr. pi. 17 (1837-38). 



