178 PSITTACID^I. 



pp. 257, 456 (1871) ; Sclat. $ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 112, 

 n. 16 (partim) (1873) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 465, 633, 1874, 

 p. 587 ; Bchnw. Vogelbild. t. ii. f. 5 (1878-83) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1881, 

 p. 351 ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 465 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. 

 An. 8th ed. p. 343 (1883). 



Psittacu9 auriconius, Thienem. Fortpji. d. ges. Vrig. t. xiv. f. 9 (egg) 

 (1846). 



Conurus iandaya, part., 6. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 36 (1859) ; 

 Sclat. 'Cat. Am. B. p. 347, n. 2072 (1862); Schleg. Mus. P.-B. 

 Psittaci, p. 18 (part, and syn. emend.) (1864) ; G. B. Gr. Hand- 

 list, p. 147, n. 8110 (partim) (1870). 



Conurus pyrocephalus, part., Rchmv. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 279 

 (Consp. Psitt. p. 167). 



Adult. Head and neck yellow, more or less tinged with orange- 

 red on the forehead, sides of the head, and especially round the 

 naked periophthalmic region, and on the throat; back, scapulars, 

 and upper tail-coverts green ; feathers of the lower back and rump 

 edged with orange-red ; breast and abdomen orange-red ; upper 

 wing-coverts green ; bastard wing, primary-coverts, and secondaries 

 blue; primaries blue, with the base of the outer web green; inner 

 web of the quills, their under surface, and greater under wing- 

 coverts blackish ; carpal edge gfeen ; smaller under wing-coverts 

 orange-red ; under tail-coverts green, sometimes with a bluish 

 tinge ; tail above blue, with the base olive, below black, tinged with 

 olive towards the base of the inner web of the feathers ; the outer 

 tail-feather above entirely blue : bill dusky horn-colour ; feet 

 blackish; "iris brown" (Finsch), "grey" (Burmeister). Total 

 length about 12 inches, wing 6-1, tail 5*6, bill 0-9, tarsus 0*55. 



Hah. Eastern Brazil. 



a. Ad. st. S.America. Zoological Society. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 

 d. Ad.sk. Pernambuco, Brazil (Craven). Sclater Coll. 



G. Conurus auricapillus. 



Psittacus auricapillus, Licht. apud Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 20 (1820) ; 



///. apud Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 6 (1823) ; Voigt, Cuv. Ueb. p. 726 



(1831) ; Neuiv. Beitr. iv. p. 178 (1832) ; Hahi, Orn. All. p. 35, 



t. 19 (1834). 

 Psittacus pyrocephalus, Halm, Vbg. aus As. etc. Lief. xiv. t. 1 



(1822). 

 Aratinga aurifrous, Spi.v, Av. Bras. i. p. 32, t. xvi. f. 1, 2 (1824) ; 



Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 136 (1826) ; Brchm, Mon. d. Papag. t. 16 b 



(1842) {from Spix). 

 Psittacara auricapillus, Vig. Zool. Journ. ii. p. 389 (1825). 

 ? Psittacus solstitialis, juv., Voigt, Cuv. Ueb. p. 726 (1831). 

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

 Conurus auricapillus, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 212 (1831) ; Bourj. Perr. 



pi. 42, 42 bis (1837-38) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 73 (1854) ; Burm. 



Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 167 (1856) (syn. emend.); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. 821 ; id. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 343 (1883). _ 

 Sittace jendaja, part., Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 653 (av. jun. and hornot.) 



(1832). 



