G. CONURUS. lti'ti 



chin, red; edge and bend of the wing, carpal edge, under wing- 

 coverts, and thighs also red ; greater under wing-coverts, quills, and 

 tail-feathers underneath olive, the quills towards the tip and on the 

 outer web dusky : bill yellowish white ; naked skin round the 

 eyes pale yellow ; irides yellow. Total length 13-5 inches, wing 6-9, 

 tail 6-8, bill 1*03, tarsus 0-65. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the red of the head much 

 reduced and confined to the sinciput and to a few spots on the 

 choeks ; also on tho wings there is much less red, only a few 

 feathers along the edge of the wing and the middle under wing- 

 coverts being stained with red. 



Hab. Ecuador and Peru. 



Payta, Peru, Jan. (Markham). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guayaquil. Massena Coll. 



(Type of the species. J 



Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



Intaj, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Balzar Mountains, Ecuador Salvin-Godman Cull. 

 {Illingworth), 

 h. Skeleton. Guayaquil. 



11. Conurus frontatus. 



Conurus frontatus, Cab. in Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 272 (note) (1844) 



(nee Psittacara frontata, Viff. 1825) ; Lafr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 



1849, p. 243; G. P. Gr.'List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 34 (1859); 



Finsch, Papag. i. p. 462 (1867); Sale. Ibis, 1871, p. 92; Gieb. 



Thes. Orn. i. p. 762 (1872) ; Sclat. # Solo. Nomenel. Av. Neotrop. 



p. 112, n. 8 (1873); Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xxii. f. 7 (1878-83); 



id. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 274 (Consp. Psitt. p. 162); Tacz. Orn. 



Per. iii. p. 197, Tabl. p. 99 (1886). 

 PAiara praaina, Less. Echo du Monde Savant, 1844, p. 127; id. 



Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 190 (1817). 

 Evopsitta frontata, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 20; 



G. P. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 146, n. 8103 (1870). 

 Conurus rubrifrons, Natt. MS. in Mus. Vindob. (Jide Finsch, I. c.) *. 



Adult male. Green, underparts paler, with the shafts of the 

 feathers black ; forehead, crown, lores, edge and Lend of the wings, 

 the lower part of the carpal edge, and thighs scarlet ; greater 

 under wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers olive, the quills dusky 

 towards the tip ; tail above green, the two central feathers washed 

 with blue towards the tip : bill yellowish white ; feet greyish. Total 

 length about 15-5 inches, wing 8-3, tail 7-6, bill 1-2; tarsus 0*7. 



Hah. Peru and Ecuador. 



a. Ad.sk. San JosiS, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. San Lucas, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 d. Ad.sk. lima, Peru (Nation). Sclater Coll. 



* Perhaps also the following synonyms belong to the present species: — 

 Psittaoua lunatus, Bechst. Lath. Ueb. p. 82, n. 88 (1811); id. Abbild. 

 naturh. Geyenstlwde, viii. t. Ul | 17'.':', I SI 19); Kuhl, Consp. p. 36(1820). 

 Eos cervicalis, Wagl. (nee Lath.) Mon. PsUi p. 561 (ayn. emend.) (1832). 

 Triohoglossua cervicalis (part. I G. R. Or. List Psitt. Brit. Mm. p. 62(1859). 



