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PSITTACID.«. 



a, b. Ad. st. [Bolivia.] MassenaColl. (Types 



of species.) 



c, d. $ $ ad. sk. Presidio, Mexico, Dec. (Forrer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e,f. 2 ad. sk. Sierra de Alamos, Sonora, Salviu-Godruan Coll. 



Mexico, May (Lloyd). 



ff. 2 a <l. sk. Bay of Manzanillo, W. Mexico Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Feb. (Xanthus). 



h. Ad. sk. Tres Marias Is. {Grayson). Sclater Coll. 



i, k. cj J ad. sk. Tres Marias Is., Feb., April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Forrer). 



8. Psittacula spengeli. 



Psittacula cyanoptera, Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. vii. p. 137 



(1800) (Cartagena) (nee Psittacus cyanopterus, Bodd.). 

 Psittacula spengeli, Hartl. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 614 ( Baranquilla) ; id. 



Ibis, 1883, p. 493; Ridgw. Auk, v. p. 461 (1888) ; Hartl. Journ. 



f. Orn. 1889, p. 113. 

 Psittacula spengleri (errore), Hartl. P. Z. 8. 1885, pi. 38. f. 1. 

 Psittacula exquisite, Ridc/w. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mtts. x. p. 542 (1887) 



(Cartagena); Hartl. Ibis, 1888, p. 493 (= spengeli, Hartl,); 



Ridijw. Auk, v. pp. 461, 462 (1888) ; Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1889, 



p. 113. 



Adult male. Green, slightly tinged with greyish on the nape ; 

 forehead and sides of the head bright green ; lower hack, rump, 

 and greater wing-coverts pale turquoise-blue ; upper tail-coverts 

 and underparts green, the concealed part of the feathers yellowish ; 

 innermost priniary-coverts dark blue ; quills green, the secondaries 

 with a slight bluish tinge, and edged with lighter green ; inner 

 webs of the quills underneath greenish, narrowly edged with 

 yellowish ; edge of the wing bluish green, central portion of lining 

 of wings deep blue ; axillars turquoise-blue, the longer ones tipped 

 with deep blue ; tail green, the inner webs of the feathers yellow : 

 bill whitish ; feet flesh-colour. Total length 4*8 inches, wing 3*2, 

 tail l"7i bill 0-5, tarsus 0-45. 



Adult female. Green ; "lower back and rump vivid Paris-green ; 

 greater wing-coverts light grass-green, edged with light Paris- 

 green ; primary-coverts and secondaries deep grass-green, edged 

 with paler ; forehead gamboge-yellow, and under wing-coverts, with 

 axillars, entirely light Paris-green. Otherwise much like the male. 

 Length (skin) about 5 inches, wing 3-20, tail 1-95, culmen 0-45, 

 tarsus 0-4U." (Ridyway.) 



Hub. Atlantic coast of Colombia, Baranquilla, Cartagena, and 

 Panama (?). 



There is some doubt about the locality of the specimen men- 

 tioned below. 



a. d ad. sk. Panama (?) (McLeannan). Tweeddale Coll. 



