6. CONUKUS. 181 



Maracana weddelli, O. Des Mure, in Casteln. Exjx'd. Am. du Sud, Ois. 



p. 13, pi. 2 (1855) ; Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1857, p. 42. 

 Conurus poliocephalus, Nutt. MS., fide Finsch, Papag. i. p. 498 



(1807). 

 Psittacus senex, Natt. Cat. MS. antea, et 

 Sittace poliocephala, Nutt. Cat. MS., fide Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 258 



(1871). 



Adult male. Green, with a slight olive tinge on the upper parts ; 

 head greyish brown, with the tips of the feathers dull blue ; throat 

 and upper breast green, with bluish reflections ; lower breast, 

 abdomen, and under wing-coverts yellowish green ; under tail- 

 coverts green ; quills deep blue, the primaries green towards the 

 base of the outer webs ; first primary black, edged with blue on 

 the outer web ; bastard wing and primary-coverts deep blue ; 

 greater under wing-coverts blackish, slightly edged with bluish or 

 green ; tail above blue, with the base of the feathers green, the 

 outer ones blue, with scarcely any green ; quills and tail underneath 

 blackish : bill horn-brown ; feet dusky ; naked skin round the eyes 

 pale. Total length about 12 inches, wing 5 - 5, tail 4, bill 0-85, 

 tarsus 52. 



Female. Like the male. 



Hub. Interior of Brazil, Ecuador, Eastern Peru and Bolivia. 



a. Ad. sk. Pernambuco, Brazil {Craven). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Eng. do Gama, Brazil, July Sclater Coll. 



{Xatterer). 



c. $ ad. sk. Eng. do Gama, Brazil, July Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Xatterer). 



d,e. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ft '/■ d 2 a( b Elvira, E. Peru, Dec. {Haux- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. well), 



h. Ad. sk. Peru. Purchased. 



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



9. Conurus mitratus. 



Conurus mitratus, Tsch. Wiegm. Archiv, 1844, p. 304, n. 258; id. 



Faun. Per., Arcs. p. 271, t. xxvi. f. 2 (1844) ; G. P. Or. Gen. B. 



Li. p. 414, n. 38 (1845); Lafr. Per. et Mar/, de Zool. 1849, p. 243 : 



Hartl Per. et Mag. de Zool. 1849, p. 274 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. 



Brit. Mae. p. 34 (1859); Fmsch, Papag. i. p. 4(51 (1807); Gieb. 



Then. Orn. i. p. 7(54 (1872) ; Selat. ^- Sale. Xomencl. Av. Neotrop. 



p. 112, n. 7 (1N73); Tacz. V. Z. S. 1874, p. 549; Mat. % Sale. 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 685 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1880, p. i'l 1 ; Rchnw. Journ. 



f. Orn. 1881, p. i>73 (Consp. Psitt. p. 161); id. VogelbUd. text of 



pi. xxii. tig. 7 ( 1883) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 193, Tabl. p. 99 (1886); 



Sdat. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 4:5 (1889). 

 Psittacara mitrata, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150, n. 24; 



Souand, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 185G, p. 59; Souea, Mas. Nae. 



Lisboa, Psittaci, p. 8 (1869). 

 Bvopsitta mitrata, Pp. Naumannia, 185(5, Congo. Psitt. n. 20; 



Souance, Icon. Perr. pi, xxi. (1857) ; G. P. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 



p. 146, n. 8101 (1870). 

 Conurus hilaris, Barm. Journ. f. Orn. 18G0, p. 243 (descr. falsa) ; id. 



La-Plata Pcise, ii. p. 442 (186] ) ; Finsch, Papa;/, i. p. 4i 4 (1867) j 



