19. pionus. 395 



2. Pionus sordidus. 



i. p. 304 (1781)j id. Gen. Hist. u. p 223 (with var. A) (18221 

 1 sittacus fuscua Alexicanus, ^w. Birds, iv. p. 246 (1751) 

 Ratteens Nov» HispaniaB, tfrziw. Ore. iv. p. 303 (1760). 

 1 sittacus sordidus, Linn. 8. X. i. p. 148, n. 49 (1766) ; Gm. S N 



i. p. 343 u. 40 (1788) ; Lath. 2nd. Ore. i. p. 127, n 135 (1790) ■ 



, lSs'nSH W *£*■ & ! 4 - (18 - U) ; J 7 "'"- Ene - M & h - iii- 



p. 1375 (1820) ; Ste^. 6'en. Zoo/, xiv. p. 104 (1826) ; Voigt, Cuv. 



Obs. According to Heine, this species differs from P. menstruus in the 

 following points :-(l) The head is blackish blue and not purTblu ") e 

 feathers o the upper back are margined with blue; (3) the bases' of the 

 feathers ot the throat are not red ; (4) the blue margins of the feathers of he 

 underpar s extend all over the abdomen and vent ; (5; the SdTe pa t f he 

 under tail-eoYerta is blue and not green. V 



I have kept P. reichcnowi distinct from P. menstruus but I am n/rf m»f- 

 sure that the bird described by Heine is not an indn-idual v^etv of'th 



o Z S- . ,e S ;V" e ST? aPpl ! eS t0 tLe f ° ll0wi "g «P«-imen S) which, LoS 

 one which has the red gular patch and a bright blue head, seem to agree with 

 Heme s description nearly iu every respect. ' g ee Wim 



a. Ad. sk. -,. 



b c d Sk a *v. a Massena Coll. 



' ' • bk> South America. Purchased. 



Pionus cobaltinus. 



Psittacus cobaltinus, Mass. et Souanei, Rev. ct Mag. de Zool 1S54 n 74 

 (Colombia). a *wx, v . it 



Yl 2Z. ttt isg-p^m Mag - de ** 1854 > pp - 148 > 151 - "• "5 ; 



Pionus maximiliani, part., Souance, Pec. e* 3/0,7. <& Zool. 1856, p. 155. 



1W<7 (type) Green back and wings with an olive tinge ; forehead rosy 

 red, mixed With blue, feathers of the head green, with narrow blue edge ? 

 edges Of the feathers of the underparts blue; under tail-coverts pale red, with 

 he middle part of each feather greenish ; tail and wing as in P. mens run, 



tareuTo°52 ; tal Ie ' lgth 9 ' 5 in ° heS ' win S 67 > tail 2 «. bi]1 K 



fla6. Colombia. 

 Ofo. The i type specimen of P. cobaltinus is no doubt a young bird as shown 



■v the Nd&nM band Although in some points itagr4 wShSiiSS 

 I have not been able to identify it with that or any other known^cS 

 De Souance, in his paper on the Parrots of the Massena Collection, has 



dcntilied the bird with P. Tnoxwaliani, but I do not think that it can be attri- 

 buted to that species on account of the blue on the cheeks and underparts ■ 



he yellowish biD shows that the bird is not P. menstruus. The blue efcto 

 the leathers ot the underparts, extending as far as the under tail-ooTOrte \how 

 a resemblance between P. cobaltinus and P. reichenowi, Heine with wbichit 

 may be identical. 1U 



Having only a young bird to go by, I cannot give a decided opinion con- 

 cerning P. cobalttnus. * 



* JUV " * Colombia. M!issena CoU 



(Type of species.) 



