326 rsiTTACiD^:. 



Uebers. p. 740 (1831) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 421, n. 14 (1846) ; 



id. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 75 (part. P) (1859). 

 Papegai brim, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 246 (vii. p. 198, 1783). 

 Le Perroquet brun, Levaill. Pen: pi. 104 (1805). 

 Pionus sordidus, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 607 (1832) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1862, p. 323 (?), 1868, p. 169 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 162, 



n. 8300 (excl. syn.) (1870) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 811 ; Scl. $ 



Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 114, n. 4 (1873) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 



1874, p. 587 ; Sclat. Rowl. Orn. Misc. iii. pp. 6, 7, 8 (1877) ; Sclat. 



List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 352 (1883). 

 Chrysotis sordidus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 301 (1837). 

 Pionias sordidus, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 452 (part.), p. 956 (1868) ; 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 193 (part.) (1877) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. x. 



f. 4 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1879, p. 212, 1881, p. 363 



(Consp. Psitt. -p. 203). 



Adult. Above olive-green, the feathers of the head with dark 

 blue edges, those of the cheeks olive with blue tips ; chin and a 

 band across the throat, produced by the edges of the feathers, blue ; 

 breast and abdomen dirty olive : under tail-coverts red : quills and 

 primary-coverts green, the first primary edged with blue on the 

 outer web ; greater under wing-coverts and inner webs of the 

 quills below malachite-green ; central tail-feathers green, the lateral 

 ones blue on the outer webs and red towards the base of the inner 

 ones ; tail underneath green, with the base of the lateral feathers 

 red : bill red, with the base of the culmen dusky, and with a 

 5-ellowish tinge at the base of the upper mandible, near the tomia ; 

 feet dusky. Total length about 11 inches, wing 7*3, tail 3 # 3, 

 bill 1, tarsus - 6. 



Hub. Venezuela. 



Of the three specimens in the British Museum, the one I have 

 described is the largest, and of an olive-green colour above, nearly 

 uniform except on the head ; the secorid is smaller and of a 

 purer olive-colour below, and has the feathers of the upper parts 

 with distinct lighter edges : the third specimen is about the size of 

 the second, and has been kept distinct by Mr. Sclater on account 

 of " the whole back, nape, and wing-coverts being of a sordid 

 yellowish olive-colour, with the edgings of the feathers lighter " ; 

 but it appears to me to have the plumage faded and worn out. 



a. Ad. sk. Massena Coll. 



b. 6 ad. sk. Venezuela. Zoological Society's Coll. 



c. <3 imm. sk. Venezuela (Goering). Sclater Coll. 



3. Pionus corallinus. 



Pionus corallinus, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, pp. 148, 152, 

 n. 118; id. Nauntannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 115 (excl.'svn.) ; 

 Sclat. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 147; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 355, n. '2119 

 (1862); ?Sousa, Nac. Mus. Lisb. Psittaci, p. 12 (1869) ; Sclat. # 

 Salv. Nomencl. Ac Neotrop. p. 114, n. 3 (1873) ; Sclat. Roui. Orn. 

 Misc. iii. pp. 6, 7, 8, pi. lxxx. (1877) ; Forbes, Ibis, lb79. p. 307 

 (note); Bert. $ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 309; Tacz. $ Berl. 

 P. Z. S. 1885, p. 109. 



