230 psittacid^;. 



Voting. Differs from the adult in having a bluish tinge on the 

 pileum, where are scattered a few rose-red feathers ; a few orange 

 feathers on the bend of the wing ; the bastard-wing and the primary- 

 coverts blue ; the base of the tail above with a green tinge. 



Hob. Venezuela. 



The type of the species is a bird without any white on the 

 bastard-wing and primary-coverts. 



a. c? iniru. sk. Merida, Venezuela, July Sclater Coll. (Types 



( Guering) . of species. ) 



b-e. d ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f-h. Ad. et juv. Merida, Venezuela, February. Sclater Coll. 



sk. 



i. S ad. sk. Sierra Nevada, Venezuela Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ( Goering). 



19. Pyrrhura hoffmanni. 



Conurus hoffmanni, Cab. Sitzb. d. Ges. naturf. Freunde ztt Berlin, am 

 13 Nov. 1861; Finsch, Papaq. i. p. 553 (1867); Later. Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 131 (1868) ; Sclat. Sr Sale. Exot. Orn. pi. 81 

 (1869) ; Fratitz. Journ./. Orn. 1869, p. 365; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 214; id. Ibis, 1871, p. 93; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 763 (1872); 

 Sclat. fy Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. Ill, n. 40 (1873) ; Schleg. 

 Mas. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 6 (1874) ; Boitcard, P. Z. S. 187&, 

 p. 46; Zeled. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. Ill (1885). 



Pyrrhura hoffmannii, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 335 ; G. R. Gr. 

 Hand-list, p. 149, n. 8141 (1870) ; Rchmo. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, 

 p. 288 (Consp. Psitt. p. 176) ; id. Vogdbild. Naclitr. 86 (1883). 



Adult male. Green ; the feathers of the head and throat yellowish 

 towards the tips and with the shafts more or less red or yellow ; a 

 red patch on the ear-coverts ; an obsolete reddish spot on the chin ; 

 the feathers of the lower throat and breast with obsolete dusky 

 edges ; outermost primaries blue towards the base of the outer webs ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and inner primaries and outermost 

 secondaries bright yellow at the bases ; greater under wing-coverts 

 and quills underneath dusky grey, tinged with olive on the inner 

 webs ; a yellow patch at the base of the quills ; tail-feathers above 

 reddish olive, edged with green on the outer webs, underneath 

 brown-red, with the tips olive : bill horn-white ; feet grey ; naked 

 skin round the eyes dusky flesh-colour. Total length 9*3 inches, 

 wing 55, tail 4-5, bill 0"7, tarsus 0*5. 



Female. Like the male. 



Hob. Costa llica and Veragua. 



Veragua specimens differ from those from Costa Rica in having 

 constantly the shafts and the tips of the feathers of the nape tinged 

 with red. 



a. $ ad. sk. Angostura, Costa Rica, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



January (J. Carmiol). 



b. J ad. sk. Dota, Costa Rica, January Salvin-Godman Coll, 



(J. Carmiol). 



