254 PSITTACIDJJ. 



1. Brotogerys tirica. 



Tui tirica, tertia species, Marcgr. Hist. Bras. libr. ix. p. 20G (1648). 



Psittacula brasiliensis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 382 (1700). 



Le Tirica, Buff. Hist. Nat. Oil. vi. p. 281 (1779). 



Green Parrakeet, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 820 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 276(1822). 

 Psittacus tiriacula, part.. Budd. Tab!. PL Enl. p. 51 (1783). 

 Psittacus tirica, Gm. S. N. i. p. 351, n. 137 (syn. emend.) (1788) ; 



(?)Zath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 134, n. 158 (1790); (?) Shaw, Gen. Zool. 



viii. 2, p. 552 (1811) ; Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 86 (1811-12); Vieill. 



N. D. xxv. p. 381 (1877) ; id. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1411 (1823). 

 ? Psittacus rufirostris, Licht. Abh. Berl. Ak. 1816-17, p. 167. 

 Psittacus viridissimus, Temm. et Kuhl, MS. ; Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. 



p. 25 (1820) ; Neuwied, Beitr. iv. p. 198 (1832) ; Hahn, Orn. Atl. 



p. 29, 1. 15 (1834). 

 ? Prasine Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 187 (1822). 

 Aratinga acutirostris, Spi.v, Av. Bras. i. p. 32, t. xv. f. 1 (1824) ; 



Stepli. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. ]-".H (Isi'ii) : Bnhm, Mod. d. Papag. t. 22. 

 ? Aratinga viridissimus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 136 (1826). 

 Sittace tirica, Wdgl Mm. Psitt. p. 637 (1832) ; Hartl. Syst. T'erz. 



Ges. Mm. p. 85 (1844). 

 Conurus tiriacula, G. B. Gr. (nee Bodd.) Gen. B. ii. p. 414, n. 27 



(syn. emend.) (1845); Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 727 (1848) ; 



G. B. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 45 (syn. emend.) (1859) ; Sclat. 



Cat. Am. B. p. 351, n. 2094 (syn. emend.) (1862); Schleg. Mm. 



P.-B. Psittaci, p. 14 (1864) ; id, op. cit. Bevue, p. 4 (1874) ; 



Bchniv. Vogelbild. t. xvii. f. 6 (1878-83). 

 Conurus viridissimus, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 72 (1854) ; Burm, Syst. 



Ueb. iii. p. 172 (1856). 

 Conurus rufirostris, Licht. (nee Gm.) Nomencl. Av. p. 72 (1854). 

 Tirica rufirostris, Bp. (nee Gm.) Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 151, 



n. 68; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisboa, Psittaci, p. 10 (1869). 

 Tirica brasiliensis, Souanee, Bev. et Mag. de Zool, 1856, p. 64. 

 Tirica viridissima, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt, n. 57 (syn. 



emend.). 

 Brotogerys tirica, Finsch, Papag. ii. p, 89 (1868) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. 



pp. 250, 447, liii (1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 482 (1872) ; Sund. 



Meth, nat.Av. disp. Tent. p. 70 (1872) ; Meyer, Abb. v. Vogel-Skel. 



t. iii. (1879). 

 Tirica tiriacula, G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 150, n. 8155 (syn. emend.) 



(1870). 

 Brotogerys tiriacula, Hamilt. Lbis, 1871, p. 308 ; Sclat. fy Salv. 



Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 113, n. 1 (1873); Garrod, P. Z. S. 



Echnw. u. Schal. Joum. f. Orn. 1880, p. 209 ; Behnw. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1881, p. 343 (Consp. Psitt. p. 183) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 99 (1883). 



"Front marked narrowly witb bright ferruginous ; the chin and the feathers 

 adjoining the sides of the bill are of a dull light ochreous-red ; upper plumage 

 of a dark glossy green, brighter on the upper tail-coverts ; tail-feathers of a 

 rather lighter green than the back, with reddish-brown shafts; outer webs of 

 quills green, the inner black ; under wing-coverts dark green ; inner edges 

 of quills of a dull light bluish green ; under plumage light green, with a 

 yellowish tinge, and on the throat a wash of ochreous ; bill dark horn-colour (?) ; 

 feet yellowish brown. Length 8 inches, wing 4'7ft, tail 3"5. 



" Hah. New Granada, Bogota." (Lawrence.) 



