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p. 42 ; Souance, Icon. Pen: pi. xxxiii. (1857) ; G. li. Gr. List 



Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 80 (1859). 

 Amazona xantkops, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 57 (1864) ; id, up. 



cit. Revue, p. 27 (1874). 

 Chrysotis xantkopes, Finseh, Papag. ii. p. 596 (1868). 

 Ckrvsotis xanthopsis, Finseh, Papag. ii. p. 962 (1868); Gfieb. 



flies. Oni. i. p. 684 (1872). 

 Androglossa xanthops, Rchnw. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 379 (Consj). 



Psitt. p. 219) ; id. Vogelbild. t. xxxiii. f. 3 (1883). 



Adult. Green, the feathers with darker edges ; under surface 

 and upper tail-coverts yellowish green ; head yellow, a broad baud 

 across the abdomen yellow; on the sides an orauge-red spot; primary- 

 coverts green ; outer webs of the primaries bluish green ; central tail- 

 feathers green, the lateral ones with the apical half greenish yellow 

 and the basal half orange-red ; the outer tail-feather green on the 

 outer web : bill dusky yellow. Length of the wing about 7 inches, 

 tail 3, culmen 1'2, tarsus - 6. 



Young. Green ; sinciput, lores, periophthalmic region, and ear- 

 coverts yellow, the last with an orange tinge ; feathers of the 

 occiput, neck, breast, and abdomen with dusky edges ; the under- 

 pays lighter than the upper ones ; upper and under tail-coverts 

 yellowish green ; an orange-red spot on the sides, under the wings ; 

 upper wing-coverts and secondaries with light green edges ; meta- 

 carpal edge pale green; no wing-speculum ; primary- coverts and outer 

 webs of the primaries bluish green ; under wiug-coverts green, with 

 paler edges ; greater under wing-coverts and inner webs of the 

 quills below green ; central tail-feathers green (?), the lateral feathers 

 with the apical half greenish yellow and the basal half orange-red ; 

 outer tail-feather with the outer web green : bill dusky horn-colour. 

 Total length about 10'5 inches, wing about 7, bill 1-2, tarsus 0'6. 

 (Brit. Mus.) 



Hub. Eastern and Central Brazil, from ilinas Geraes to Cuyaba. 



I have only seen the specimen mentioned below, which has 

 been kept in confinement and seems not fully adult. It appears 

 that in this species there is a good deal of individual variation. 

 The older bird seems that figured by Keichenow ; Des Murs has 

 figured one with the pileum entirely green, the cheeks and throat 

 yellow, the characteristic orange-red spot on the sides, and across 

 the abdomen the broad yellow band, which seems to distinguish 

 old birds ; De Souance and Spix have figured younger birds. 



a. Iuim. sk. S. America. Purchased. 



28. Chrysotis brasiliensis. 



The Brasilian Green Parrot, Edw. Birds, iv. pi. 161 (1751 ), 

 Psittacus viridis Brasiliensis, Edw. Birds, iv. p. 246 (1751). 

 Psittacus Brasiliensis fronte rubra, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 254 (1760). 

 Psittacus brasiliensis. Linn, S. X. i. p. 147, n. 36 (1766) ; Gm. S. X. 



i. p. 344, n. :'.ti (1788) ; Shaw, Gen. Zoo/, viii. p. 514, pLj77 (1811) ; 



Bechst. Kvrze Ueb. p. 99, n. 170 (1811); Wagl M<>n. Psitt. 



p. 592 (1832) ; Schley. Dierent. p. 65 (1864). 



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