222 psittacid^;. 



Cat. Am. B. p. 350, n. 2089 (1862) ; Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, 



p. 26 (1864) ; Finsch, Papar,. i. p. 554 (1867) ; Gieb. Thes. 



Orn. i. p. 761 (1872) ; Sclat. $ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 112, 



n. 41 (1873) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 7 (1874). 

 Microsittace flavala, Verr. MS., Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 



p. 147. 

 Microsittace calliptera, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150 n. 53 ; 



Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 63 ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. 



Lisboa, Psittaci, p. 9 (1869). 

 Pyrrhura calliptera, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 40 ; 



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



p. 149, n. 8133 (1870) ; Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 288 



(Consp. Psitt. p. 176) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 87 (1883). 

 Microsittace flavula (errore), Verr., Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 761 (in svn. 



C. callipteri) (1872). 

 Microsittace flaveola (errore), Verr., Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, 



p. 288 (in syn. P. calliptera). 



Adult. Green ; pileum brown, the feathers more or less edged 

 with bluish or green ; cheeks green, ear-coverts brown ; throat and 

 upper breast brown with a reddish tinge, each feather with two 

 cross bands at the tip, one light brown, the other blackish ; a red- 

 brown patch on the middle of the abdomen, but the feathers edged 

 with green ; carpal edge and bastard-wing yellow tinged with red, 

 in some specimens decidedly red ; primary-coverts yellow, in some 

 specimens tinged with red ; under wing-coverts green, the greater 

 ones blackish, like the quills underneath, but sometimes with one 

 or several yellow feathers ; quills green, the outer one black, the 

 next three or four primaries blue, edged with green on the outer 

 webs ; tail nearly uniform brown-red both above and below, only 

 above, towards the base, slightly tinged with green: bill horn- 

 white ; feet dusky. Total length 10-3 to 9*5 inches, wing 5-6, tail 

 4-7, bill 75, tarsus 5-6. 



Hab. Bogota. 



a. Ad. st. S. America. Purchased. 



b-e. Ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



f-g. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. Ad.sk. Colombia (Villagomez). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



9. Pyrrhura melanura. 



Aratinga melanurus, Spir, Av. Bras. i. p. 36, t. xxii. figs. 1, 2 (1824) ; 



Sieph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 139 (1826) ; Brehm, Mon. d. Papag. t. 26. 

 Sittace melanura, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 645 (1832). 

 Psittacara variegata melanura, Bourj. Perr. pi. 26 (1837-38). 

 Psittacus melanurus, Hahn, Orn. Atl., Papag. p. 99, t. 78 (1840). 

 Conurus melanurus, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 413, n. 16 (1845) ; 



Sclat. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 266; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mtis. p. 40 



(1859); Finsch, Papag. i. p. 556 (1867); Pelz. Orn. Bras. 



pp. 260, 447, liii (1871); Gieb. Thes. Om. i. p. 764 (1872); 



