17. chrtsotis. 293 



17. Chrysotis levaillanti. 



Pen-oquet a tete jaune, Levaill. Pen: pi. 86 (1805). 



Psiitacus arnazonicus, part., Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 104 (1820). 



? Common Amazons Parrot, var. G, Lath. Gen. Ili«t. ii. p. 243 (1822). 



Psittacus ochrocephalus, Licht. {nee Gm.) Verz. Siiucjeth. etc. Mexico, 

 p. 1 (1830) : id. Journ.f. Orn. 1863, p. 54. 



Psittacns xanthops, Waql. (nee Spix) Mem. Psitt. p. 583 (exel. var. 

 a & /3) (1832) ; Haiti. Syst. Verz. Ges. Mm. p. 87 (1844) ; Burnt. 

 Syst. JJeb. ii. p. 188 (syn. emend.) (1856). 



Chrysotis ochropterus, part., G. R. Or. Gen. B. ii. p. 422, n. 4 (1846). 



Chrysotis xanthops, Souanee (nee Spix), Rev. et May. de Zool. 1856, 

 p. 153; Bp. Nmtmannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 88; Taylor, Ibis. 

 1860, p. 317 (Yojoa). 



Chrysotis ochroptera, Selat. (nee Gm.) P. Z. S. 1837, p. 230, 1859, 

 p.* 389 (Eio Grande). 



Chrysotis levaillantii, G. R. Cfr. (nee Amazona levaillanti, Less.), List 

 Psitt. Brit. Mas. p. 79 (1859); Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 353, 

 n. 2105 (1862) ; Salv. Ibis, 1806, p. 195 (Belize, Vueatan) ; Finsch, 

 Papaq. ii. p. 580 (1868) ; Soma, Mus. Xac. Lisb. Psittaci, p. 11 

 (1869) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 164, n. 8318 (1870) ; Sale. Ibis, 

 1871, pp. 87, 100; Later. Pr. Bost. Soc. Xat. Hist. xiv. p. 271 

 (1871); id. Ibis, 1871, p. 250; Pelz. Orn. Bras. -p. 266 (note) 

 (1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 682 (1872) ; Sclat. $■ Salv. Nomencl. 

 At: Neotrop. p. 114, n. 27 (1873) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 466, 

 634, 1874, p. 587 ; Laicr. Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 296 

 (1874) ; id. Bull. U.S. Xat. Mus. a. 1. p. 36 (1875) ; Rchnw. 

 Yoqelbild. t. i. f. 4 (1878) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 350 

 (1883) ; Salv. Sf Godm. Ibis, 1889, p. 241. 



Amazona estiva, part., Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 54, ind. n. 10 

 (1864) ; id. op. cit. Revue,'?. 27 (1874). 



Psittacus leucorhvnchus, Xatf. in Mus. Vindob., jide Fhuch, Papaq. 

 ii. p. 582 (1868). 



Audroglossa levaillanti, Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 379 {Consp. 

 Psitt. p. 219). 



Amazona oratrix, Ridyw. Man. X. Am. Birds, p. 587 (1887). 



Adult male. Green, underparts paler, with a slight bluish tinge ; 

 upper tail-coverts yellowish green ; head and neck yellow, the first 

 paler ; metacarpal edge and thighs also yellow ; bend of the wing red, 

 more or less mixed with yellow ; wing-speculum red ; bastard-wing 

 aud primary-coverts green witli a slight bluish tinge ; first primary 

 black, the remainder also black, but with the bases of the outer 

 webs green ; secondaries green, with the tips black, and tinged with 

 blue on the outer webs near the black tips ; smaller under wing- 

 coverts pale green like the underparts ; greater under wing-coverts 

 and inner webs of the quills below green ; tail green, with a broad 

 green-yellow band ai the tip, and with the bases of the lateral tail- 

 feathera red, the outer web of the outer feather edged with blue ; 

 tail below red at the base, green in the middle, and yellow-green at 

 the tiji : bill whitish ; feet pale brown ; iris red, with an inner ring 

 yellow. Total length 15 inchrs. wing !»-7, tail q-o, bill 1*55, 

 tarsus 0"75. 



/' male. Like the male. 



