12. PYKRuURA. 211 



Heme, jo. 6 (1874) ; Sclat. $ Sato. Voy. Chall., Birds, p. 104(1881) ; 



Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 344 (1883). 

 Conurus (I)asyrrhinus) pyrrhurus, Rchnb. MS. in Mus. Dresd. 

 Conurus pyrrnurus, Rchnb., v. Briba, Denkschr. d. k.^Acad. TViss. zu 



Wien, v. 2, p. 130 (1853) ; Zuchold, Journ.f. Om. 1855, p. 56. 

 ? Conurus phceuicurus, Licht. (nee Natt. ? ) Nomencl. Ao. p. 73 (1854). 

 Microsittace smaragdina, Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 150, 



n. 47; Souanci, Rev. et May. de Zool. 1856, p. 61 ; Bp. Naur 



mannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 33 ; Sonsa, Mus. Nac. Lisboa, 



Psittaci, p. 9 (1869). 

 Psittacara smaragdina, Cass. Un. St. Astron. Exp. ii. p. 189 (1855). 

 Conurus smaragdineus, Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 349, n. 2082 (1862) ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 328, 338. 

 Microsittace ferruginous, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 151, n. 8165 



(1870). 

 Pyrrhura smaragdina, Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xxii. f. 3 (1878-83) ; id. 



Journ.f. Om. 1881, p. 286 (Consp. Psitt. p. 174). 

 Conurus cvanolyseos, Salvin (nee auct.), P. Z. S. 1883, p. 426 (Straits 



of Magellan).* 



Adult male. Dull green ; the crown with a slight bluish tinge ; 

 each feather slightly edged with dusky, those of the crown with 

 broader black edges ; forehead, lores, and a patch on the middle of 

 the abdomen dull brown-red ; primaries and their coverts green, 

 with a slight bluish tinge ; greater under wing-coverts and quills 

 underneath greyish black, with an olive-tinge on the inner webs ; 

 tail brown-red, with the tips of the feathers greenish : bill and 

 feet blackish ; iris yellow. Total length about 1 3 inches, wing 7*2, 

 tail 6, bill 0-8, tarsus 0-62. 



Female. Like the male. 



Hab. Chili and Straits of Magellan. 



a. Ad. st. Chili. The Admiralty [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Chili. The Admiralty LP-]- 



c. Ad. sk. Chili. Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Chili (Reed). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. 3 ad. sk. Sandy Point, Straits of Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Magellan, August ( Capt. 

 A. H. Markham). 



f. g,h. $ $ ad. sk. Sandy Point, Straits of ' Challenger ' Expe- 



Magellan. dition [C.]. 



12. PYRRHURA. 



lype. 



Aratinga, Bp. (nee Spiv) Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, 



p. 150 P. cruentata. 



Pyrrhura, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. geu. 14. P. vittata. 



Range. From Costa Rica to South America, as far as Southern 

 Brazil and Northern Argentine Republic. 



p2 



