200 PSITTACIDJE. 



Psittacus canicularis, yar. /3, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 95 (1790). 

 Psittacus brasiliensis, Lath, (nee Linn.), Ind. Orn. i. p. 103, n. 63 



(1790) ; Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 363 (1817). 

 La Perruche couronnee d'Or, Levaill. Pen: pi. 41 (1801). 

 Maracana frentenaranjada, Azara, Apunt. Hist. nat. Parag. i. p. 426, 



n. 280 (1803). 

 Le Maracana a front orange, Azara, Voi/. (ed. Somi.) iii. p. 64 



(1809). 

 Psittacus regulus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 453 (1811) ; ? Gulliv. 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 489. 

 Psittacus canicularis, Licht. (nee Linn.) Doubl. Cat. Berl. Mas. p. 6 



(1823). 

 Aratinga aureus, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 37 (1824) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. 



xiv. p. 139 (1826) ; Brehm. Man. d. Papag. t. 20. 

 Conurus aureus, Less. Tr. d'Om. p. 214 (1831) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. 



ii. p. 413, n. 14 (1845) ; Hartl. Index Azara Apunt. p. 18 (1847) ; 



Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 64; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1857, 



p. 230 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 37 (1859) ; Sclat. Cat. 



Am. B. p. 348, n. 2074 (1862) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 19 



(1864) ; Finsck, Papag. i. p. 499 (1867) ; Sclat. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 587; Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 258, 446, lii (1871); Gieb. 



Thes. Orn. i. p. 760 (1872) ; Sclat. Sf Salv. Nomencl. Ad. Neotrop. 



p. 112, n. 18 (1873); Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. o 



(1874) ; Garrod, P.Z. S. 1874, p. 387; ? Berl. Journ.f. Orn. 1874, 



p. 283; Rchmv. Vogelbild. t. ii. f. 2 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 



1881, p. 283 (Consp. Psitt. p. 121) ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. 



p. 465 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 343 (1883) ; Sale. 



Ibis, 1886, p. 68; Berl. Journ. f. Orn. 1887, p. 121 ; Allen, Bull. 



Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 104 (1889). 

 Sittace aurea, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 649 (1832) ; Hartl. Syst. Verz. 



Ges. Mus. p. 80 (1844). 

 Conurus canicularis, Cab. (nee Linn.) in Schomb. Brit. Guian. iii. p. 728 



(1848) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 73 (1854) ; Bp. Naumannia, 1856, 



Consp. Psitt. n. (?) ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 169 (1856) ; Schleg. 



Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 19 (1864) ; id. op. cit. Revue, p. 5 (1874). 

 Eupsittula aurea, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150, n. 43 ; 



Souance", Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 61 ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. 



Lisboa, Psittaci, p. 9 (1869) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 148, 



n. 8123 (1870). 

 Eupsittula canicularis, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150, n. 44. 

 Eupsittaca aurea, Cab. Journ.f. Orn. 1802, p. 335. 

 Conurus brasiliensis, Finsch, Nat. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. p. xv (1863). 



Adult male. Green ; forehead and crown yellow-orange, vertex 

 and lores bluish, a ring round the naked skin surrounding the eyes 

 orange ; cheeks and throat olive, with a slight tinge of bluish ; 

 breast olive ; abdomen, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts 

 greenish yellow ; primaries and primary-coverts green, more or less 

 blue towards the tips, which are black ; inner web of the primaries 

 olive ; secondaries blue, tertials green ; greater under wing-coverts 

 olive ; tail-feathers green, more or less blue towards the tips ; quills 

 and tail-feathers below golden olive, with the tips and outer webs 

 dusky : naked skin round the eyes grey ; bill and feet blackish ; 

 iris yellow-orange. Total length about 10 - 8 inches, wing 5-9, tail 

 5'7, bill 0*7, tarsus 0'5. 



Female. Like the male. 



