14. BOLB0BHTNCHTJ8. 237 



Lathamus aurifrons, Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. ed. 2, p. 009 (1838). 

 Psittacus aurifrons, Less. Rev. et Mar/, de Zool. 1842, p. 135. 

 Conurus sitophagua, Tsch. Wieym. Arch. 1844, i. p. 304 ; id. Faun. 



Per. p. 273(1844). 

 Conurus agilis, Licht. Nomenel. Av. p. 73 (1854). 

 Myiopsitta aurifrons, Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 151, n. GO; 



SouancS, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1850, p. G3; lip. Naumannia, 1856, 



Consp. Psitt. n. 52 ; Soma, Mus. Nac. List). Psittaci, p. 10 (1809) ; 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 150, n. 8148 (1870). 

 Conurus? frontalis, Deville, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitf. 



in syn. n. 52. 

 Myiopsitta aitophagus, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 55. 

 Bolborh melius auritVons, Souanci, leon. Perr. pi. xxiv. f . 2 (J) 



(1857); Finsch, Papa,/, ii. pp. 126,949 (1868); Gieb. Thes. On,. 



i. p. 469 (1872); Simd. Meih. vat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 71 (1872); 



Sclat. 8f Salv. Nomenel. Av. Neotrop. p. 113, n. 5 (1873); Taez. 



P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 549, 1880, p. 211 ; Rehnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, 



p. 347 (Consp. Psitt. p. 187) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 104 (1883) ; 



Tacz. Orn. Pit: iii. p. 210, Tabl. p. 99 (1886). 

 Brotogerys (!) aurifrons, Nation, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 279 *. 



Adult male. Green : forehead, lores, anterior part of the cheeks, 

 and throat yellow ; middle of the breast, a band across the lower 

 part of the same, and sides also yellow ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 light green ; bastard-wing and primaiy-covcrts greenish blue ; pri- 

 maries blue on the outer webs, and edged with whitish ; smaller 

 under wing-coverts bluish green ; greater under wing-coverts and 

 quills below dusky, with a slight bluish tinge on the inner webs ; 

 tail above green, below bluish green : " bill yellowish white ; cere 

 orange; feet reddish yellow; iris greyish yellow " (Taczanoiuski). 

 Total length 6-6 inches, wing 3-7, tail 3*3, bill 0-5, tarsus 0-45. 



J ■] male. Has no yellow on the face ; only on the chin and on the 

 sides of the breast there is a yellowish tinge ; the whole of the 

 underparts greener than in the male, but paler than the upper 

 parts. 



Hah. Peru. 



a. Ad. sk. Lima, Peru. Purchased. 



b. J ad. sk. Lima, Peru (Jelshi). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. VY. Peru. Sclater Coll. 



d. e. Ad. sk. ? (Delattre). E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Chili. Zoological Soc. Coll. 



* It seems very likely that the following synonyms also belong to B. auri- 

 frons : — 



? Psittacus jaguilma. Mol., Bagqw Star. Nat. Chili, pp. 257,343(1782); 



Gm.8.£f. i. p. 324,11.69(1788); Lath. 2nd. Orn. i. p. 96, n. 40 (1790); 



Shaw. Gen. Zool. viii. 2. p. 442(1811) ; Bechst. Kttree Ucb. p. 73 (1811 



12) ; J'iei/I. A. D. xxv. p. 365 (1817) : id. En : Mith. iii. p. 1399 . L823); 



Poeppia, Froriep'a Notts, xxiii. p. 280 (I82U); Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 743 



(1832)'. 

 ? Jaquilma Parrakeet, Lath. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 85 (1802) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 154(1822). 

 Psittacus jaquilma, Kuhl, Consp. Psiif. p. 94 (ls20). 



