1G. BKOTOUERYS. 255 



1873, pp. 466, 534, 1874, p. 587 ; Cab. Joum. f. Orn. 1874, p. 228 ; 

 Be?-/. Joum. f. Orn. 1874, p. 283 ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. 

 p. 469 (1882); Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 352 (1883) ; Salv, 

 Ibis, 1886, p. 68. 

 Brotogerys viridissima, Rvhnw. Joum. f. Orn. 1881, p. 341 (Consn. 

 Psitt. p. 181). 



Adult. Green ; forehead, sidea of the head, and underparts lighter 

 yellowish green ; primary-coverts and primaries blue, with narrow 

 green edges on the outer webs ; a slight olive-brown tinge on the 

 smaller upper wing-coverts ; smaller under wing-coverts greenish 

 yellow, greater under wing-coverts and basal half of the inner webs 

 of the quills below bluish green ; tail above green, the two central 

 feathers slightly tinged with blue, the remainder with narrow 

 yellow edges on the iuner webs : " bill reddish flesh-colour ; cere 

 whitish; feet brownish flesh-colour; iris brown-grey" (Max.). 

 Total length 10 inches, wing 5, tail 5, bill 07, tarsus 0-5. 



Female. Like the male. 



Young. More greyish green ; quills green, with no blue colour. 

 (Burmeister). 



Hah. Eastern Brazil, and also (according to Schomburgk) British 

 Guiana. I have never seen a specimen from the latter country. 



a, b. Ad. st. Brazil. Purchased. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Purchased. 



e. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil (IT r uoherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Santa Ft5, Minas (Rogers). Sclater Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Rio, Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



i. 2 ad. sk. Rio Claro, Prov. Goyaz, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brazil (Joi/ner). 



k. 2 ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sul, Brazil {Joyner). 

 I. Skeleton. 



2. Brotogerys chiriri. 



Maracana ala amnrilla, Azara, Apunt. Hist. Nat. Paraa i r> 434 

 no. 283 (1803). J v 



Maracana aux ailes jaunes, Azara, T'ou. (ed. Sonn.) iii. p. 68 (1809). 



I'sittncus chiriri, Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 359 (1817) ; id. Enc Meth iii 

 p. 1394 (1Sl»:{). 



Antilles xanthopterin Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 31, t. xv. f. 2 (18°4) • 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 135 (1826) ; Brehm, Mm. d. Pa'pag. 



? Psittaculus xanthopterins, Spi.r, Av. Bras. i. p. 38, t. wxiv f 1 

 (nee fig. 2) (nestling) (1824) ; Voiyt, Cuv. Uebers. p. 748 (1831) • 

 Brehm, Man. d. Papag. t. 33. F K ' ' 



? Psittacula xanthopterin, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p 146 (18°6^ • 

 G. R. Or. List Psitt. Brit. Mtu. p. 87 (1869). ' 



Sittaco xanthoptera, Waal. .Won. Psitt. p. 683 (1832). 



Psittacus virescens, Ha'hn {nee Gm~), Orn. Atl.'Papag. t. 50 (nee 

 text, p. 70) (1836). 



Psittacarn xanthoptera, Bnurj. Perr. pi. 23 (1837-38). 



