242 psittacid^:. 



1856, p. 157; Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 132; Souanci, 

 Icon. Perr. pi. xl. (6 2 ) (1857) ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 86 (1859) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 287 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 357, 

 n. 2137 (1862) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. 2, p. 666 (1868) ; Soma, 

 Mus. Nac. Lisb. Psittaci, p. 14 (1869) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 166, n. 8351 (1870) ; Salv. Ibis, 1871, p. 88 (note) ; Sclat. # 

 Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 115, n. 6 (1873) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. 

 iii. p. 327 (1877) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 329, 753, 1880, p. 211; 

 Rchniv. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 350 (Consp. Psitt. p. 190) ; id. 

 Voqelbild. Nachtr. 107 (1883) ; Berl. Sf Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 574 ; 

 Tacz. $ Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 122 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 214, 

 Tabl. p. 100 (1886) ; Ridgiv. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 537 (1887) j 

 Hart!. Journ.f. Orn. 1889, p. 113. 



PPsittacula passerina, Sclat. (nee Linn.) P. Z. S. 1854, p. 115 

 (Ecuador). 



Psittaculus coelestis, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 32 (1864) ; id. 

 op. cit. Revue, p. 9 (1874). 



Adult male. Dull green ; forehead, crown, cheeks, and chin 

 bright grass-green ; behind the eye a blue stripe ; occiput and nape 

 bluish grey ; back, scapulars, innermost upper wing-coverts and 

 innermost quills greenish grey; lower back, rump, secondaries, base 

 of the shorter primaries, greater wing-coverts, under wing-coverts, 

 and axillars deep blue, darker on the rump ; apical portion of the 

 primaries green ; upper tail-coverts bluish green ; underparts green, 

 tinged with greyish on the sides of the breast and on the flanks ; 

 tail green : " bill whitish ; feet flesh-colour ; iris brown " (Taczan- 

 owski). Total length about 5 inches, wing 3*3, tail 1-5, bill 0*5, 

 tarsus 0-45. 



Female. No trace of blue anywhere ; upper parts less greyish and 

 rather brighter green than in males ; top and sides of the head less 

 pure yellowish green than in the male ; the lower back and rump 

 bright green, inclining to emerald ; lower parts entirely apple-green ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillars similar but less yellowish ; quills 

 underneath dusky grey. 



Young male. Similar to the adult female, but " postocular region 

 decidedly tinged with blue " (Ridgivay), and rump bluish green 

 more or less tinged with ultramarine or deep blue. 



Hah. Ecuador and Peru *. 



* I have not been able to identify the following subspecies :— 



PSITTACULA CCELESTIS LUCIDA. 



Psittacula ccelostis lucida, Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 538 (1887). 



Adult male. " The top and sides of the head are decidedly more yellowish green 

 (than in P.coelcst/s) ; the lower parts also are lighter and more yellowish green, 

 with the sides and flanks strongly olive-buff; the mantle is conspicuously 

 browner, or light brownish olive-green, and the blue of the rump &c. is lighter, 

 being of a rich smalt-blue hue. In short, the different colours arc far more 

 conspicuously contrasted and the bird much handsomer. Wing 330 inches, 

 tail 1-80, culmen 051. 



" Hah. Colombia (Lafresnaye collection)." 



