17. CIIKYSOTIS. 299 



darker red, the first not well-defined behind, the lateral tail-feathers 

 with no red mark on the bases, and the bill entirely yellowish white : 

 " iris orange ; bill dirty white ; feet light grey " (Sumichrast). Total 

 length about 13 inches, wing about 8, tail 4-8, bill 1-3, tarsus 0-65. 



Female. Like the male. 



Bab. Western Mexico, from Sinaloa to Tehuantepec. 



a. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased (Type of 



species.) 



b. Ad. sk. [California.] Massena Coll. 



(Specimen figured by De Souance.) 



c. $ ad. sk. Mexico. Sclater Coll. 

 rf.cfad.sk. W.Mexico. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



(Specimen figured P. Z. S. 1874, pi. xxxiv.) 

 e. (S ad. sk. Choi.x, Sinaloa, Mexico, June Salvin-Grodman Coll. 



{IF. Lloyd). 

 f,</,h. 6 ad. sk. NearCulebra,Sinaloa,Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( W. Lloyd), 

 i. $ ad. sk. Mazatlan, W. Mexico {A. J. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Grayson), 

 k. <S ad. sk. Mazatlan, W. Mexico, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{A. Forrer). 

 I. 2 ad. sk. Presidio, Mexico, Dec. {A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Forrer). 

 m. £ ad. sk. Presidio, Mexico, March (A. Sclater Coll. 



Forrer) . 

 n, o. J 2 ad. sk. San Bias, Territory of Tep, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Mexico, May ( W. B. Rich- 

 ardson). 

 p. cfad.sk. Beltran, Jalisco, Mexico, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{W.Lloyd). 

 q. Ad. sk. Putla, W. 'Mexico {Rebouch). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



23. Chrysotis diademata. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Psittacns diadema, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 43, t. xxxii. (1824) ; Cuv. 



R'vyn. An. i. p. 465 (1829); Yoiyi, Cur. Uebers. p. 744 (1831); 



Brehm, Mon. d. Papag. t. 43; Schley. Dierent. p. 65 (1864). 

 Psittacus autumnalis, jun., Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 591 (1832). 

 Chrysotis autumnalis, part., G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 422. n. 9 



(1846). i 



Chrysotis diadema, Bp. Bev. et May. de Zool. 1864, p. 161, n. 104; 



Souance', Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1866, p. L54; Bp. Nanmannia, 



L866, Consp. "Psitt. n. 97; SouancS, Icon. Pen: pi. xxxii. (1857) ; 



G. R Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 81 (1869); P Soma. Mas. Nac. 



Lisb. Psitt. p. 11 (1869); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 104, n. 8320 



(1870). 1 ' 



Chrysotis diademata. part., Finsch, Papaq. ii. p. 545 (1808); G>'eb 



Thee. Om. i. p. 681 (part.) (1872). 



Adult. Green, the feathers with a Blight powdered appearance 

 and slightly edged with dusky; forehead crimson, changing into 

 dark purple-red on the lores; crown lilac; occiput greenish 

 yellow; feathers of tho hind neck green, with lilac edges at the 

 tips; chin vinous red; under tail-coverts, metacarpal edgo, and 

 smaller under wing-coverts yellowish green ; a red speculum at the 



