17. CHRYS0T1S. 303 



Blue-faced Parrot, var. B, Autumnal Parrot, Lath. Syn. i. p. 293 



(1781) ; id. Gen. Hist, ii. p. 248 (1822;. 

 Le Perroquet a pues orangees, Levaill. Perr. pi. Ill (1805). 

 Psittacus aurantius, VieiU. N.D, xxv. p. 325 (1817) ; id. Enc. Meth. 



iii. p. 1373 (1823). 

 Chrysotia autumnalis, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 301 (1837) ; G. R. Gr. 



Gen. B. ii. p. 422, n. 9 (syn. emend.) (1846) ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. de 



Zool. 1854, p. 151, n. 102 (excl. syn.) ; Souance, Rev. et May. de 



Zool. 1850, p. 154 ; Bp. Xaumaunia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 99 ; 



Sclat. P. Z. S. 1857, pp. 205, 230 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. 



p. 81, n. 18 (1859); Moore, P.Z.S. 1859. p. 59 ; Sclat. P.Z.S. 



1859, p. 389 ; Sclat. 8f Solo. Ibis, 1860, p. 401 ; Finsch, Die Papag. 



ii. p. 547 (1868) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Psittaci, p. 11 (1869) ; 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 164, n. 8324 (1870) ; Sclat. £ Salv. 



P.Z.S. 1870, p. 837; Sato. Ibis, 1871, pp. 87, 98; Lawr. Ibis, 



1.871, p. 250; Gieb. Thes. Om. i. p. 680 (1872); Sclat. $ Salv. 



Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 113, n. 17(1873); Lawr. Bull. U.S. 



Nat. Mus. n. 4, p. 36 (1875) ; Rc/tnw. Yoyelbild. t. xix. f. 7 (1878- 



83) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 347 (1883) ; ? Nutting, Pr. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 3^8 (1883); Salv. 8? Godm. Ibis, 1889, 



pp. 241, 373 ; Salv. Ibis, 1890, p. 88. 

 Clirvsotis aestivalis, Bp. Naumannia, 1866, Consp. Psitt. n. 100 



(descr. nulla) * ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 81, n. 19 



(1859) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 389 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 164, 



n. 8325 (1870) ; Sato. Ibis, 1871, p. 88 (note). 

 Aniazona autumnalis, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 51 (part.) 



(1864) ; id. op. cit. Revue, p. 26 (1874) ; Riayiv. Man. N. Am. 



Birds, p. 587 (1887). 

 Audroglossa autumnalis, Rchnv. Journ.f. Om. 1881, p. 374 (Consp. 



Psitt. p. 214). 



Adult male. Green ; forehead, lores, and wing-speculum scarlet : 

 feathers of the crown, occiput, and nape green, lilac towards the 

 tips, and edged with dusky or black ; upper part of the cheeks from 

 the mouth to the ear-coverts yellow, with the hidden bases of the 

 feathers crimson ; first primary black, the others have the outer 

 webs blue-black towards the tips and green at the base ; tips of 

 the secondaries blue ; metacarpal edge and smaller under wing- 

 coverts yellowish green, the greater ones and inner webs of the 

 quills below grass-green ; tail green, with a broad yellowish-green 

 band at the tip of the lateral feathers ; the outer tail-feather edged 

 with blue on the outer web : bill light horn-colour, with the tip of 

 the upper inaudible dusky ; " feet light greenish ash ; iris orange- 

 yellow " (Sumichrast). Total length 13'5 inches, wing 8*2, tail 

 3-7, bill 1-4, tarsus 0'8. 



Ft male. Like the male. 



Hub. Eastern Mexico and Central America as far as Honduras, 

 and also Ruatan Island. 



An apparently young bird from Belize has scarcely any yellow 

 feathers on the upper part of the cheeks, which are almost entirely 

 green. 



* The type of G. CBStivalis, Bp.. is in the British Museum, and no doubt 

 belongs bo tin- present species. 



