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g. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Boguta (G. Crow- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ther). 



h. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Bogota {Bowman). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i-o. d 2 ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



3. Psittacula sclateri. (Plate VI.) 



Psittacula cyanopygia?, Sclat. P.Z.S. 1857, p. 206 (Bio Javari 

 Bates). 



Psittacala sclateri, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 86 (1859) ; 

 Sclat. 8) Sale. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 197; Finsch, Papag. ii. 2, 

 p. 660 (1868) ; Sclat. Sr Salv. P.Z. S. 1869, p. 568; G. R. Gr. 

 Hand-list, ii. p. 166, n. 8354 (1870) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 268, 

 448, liii (1871); Sclat. § Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 115, 

 n. 4 (1878); Sclat. fy Salv. P.Z.S. 1873, p. 301; Gieb. Thes. 

 Orn. iii. p. 330 (1877) ; Rchniv. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 350 

 (Consp. Psitt. p. 190) ; id. Vogelbild. in the text of pi. xxviii. f. 2 

 (1878-83) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 213, Tabl. p. 100 (1886) ; 

 Ridaw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 535 (1887) ; Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1889, p. 113. 



Psittuculus sclateri, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 82 (1864) ; id. 

 op. cit. Revue, p. 8 (1874). 



Psittacula melanoihvucha, Natt. MS., fide Finsch, Papag. ii. 2, 

 p. 660 (1868). 



Adult male (type). Dark green, much darker than any other 

 species of the genus ; forehead and sides of the head brighter 

 green ; vent and under tail-coverts paler ; breast and Hanks with a 

 slight olive tinge ; lower back, rump, bastard-wing, greater wing- 

 coverts, secondaries, innermost primaries, under wing-coverts, and 

 axillars deep or smalt-blue ; inner webs of the quills and greater 

 under wing-coverts bluish green, with no yellow edgings ; tail 

 green, underneath with a slight bluish tinge : upper mandible 

 dusky brownish, lower mandible whitish ; feet, in dried skins, 

 pale brownish. Total length about 5 inches, wing 3-2, tail 1*5, 

 bill 0-43, tarsus 0-36. 



Adult female. Dark green, a little brighter on the rump ; fore- 

 head, sides of the head, and throat yellowish green, the remainder 

 of the underparts lighter green than the upper parts ; under wing- 

 coverts bright green like the rump ; greater under wing-coverts 

 and quills below dusky black, with a very slight tinge of bluish 

 green ; bill and feet as iu the male. 



Hab. Upper Amazons, Ecuador, and Peru. 



The last specimen mentioned in the following list, smaller and 

 yellower below, is doubtfully referred to the present species. 



a. Ad. sk. Bio Javari. H. W. Bates [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b. £ ad. sk. Yquitos, Upper Amazons, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



June ( Whitely). 

 c d. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e f a d 2 a d- sk. Cosnipata, Peru, Oct. Tweeddale Coll. 



'' (Whitely). 



h i. S ad. sk. Cosnipata, Peru, Sept. II. Whitely [C.]. 



