L9. i'ionus. 327 



? Piouus sordidus, Souance (nee Linn.), Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, 

 p. 155. 



Psittacus .sordidus, G. R. Gr. Lixt Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 75, specim. a 

 (1859). 



Psittacus siy (part.), G. R. Gr. List. Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 75, 

 speciru. d ( 1859). 



Amazona sordida, Schley, (nee Linn.) Mus. P.-B. Psitt. p 61 

 (1864) ; id. op. cit. Revue, p. 28 (1874). 



Pionus corallirostris, Bj>., fide Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci (in syn. 

 A. sordid*), p. 61 (1864); Mass. in Mus. Brit., fide Finsch, 

 Papag. ii. p. 454 (1868) : Mass. et Souance. fide G. R. Gr. Hand- 

 list, ii. p. 162, n. 8301 (1870). 



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

 Thes. Orn. iii. p. 198 (part.) (1877). 



Pionias corallinus, Rchmr. VogetbUd. t. xxvi. f. 1 (1878-83); id. 

 Joum.f. Orn. 1881, p. 363 (Consp. Psitt. p. 203). 



Adult. Dull green ; the feathers of the head edged with bluish ; 

 feathers of the interscapular region with bluish dusky edges, preceded 

 by a greyish tinge ; chin and a band across the upper breast, formed 

 by the edges of the feathers, blue ; under tail-coverts red, with 

 dark shafts; great under wing-coverts and inner webs of the quills 

 below malachite-green ; tail-feathers green, the lateral ones with 

 the outer webs blue, and the inner webs red towards the base : 

 bill coral-red ; feet grey ; iris brown. Total length 11-5 inches, 

 wing 8-1, tail 3-4, bill 0-95, tarsus 0-6. 



Young. Like the adult, a few reddish feathers on the forehead ; 

 the blue band across the lower throat brighter ; the bill in the 

 dried skin orange. 



Hah. Ecuador and Colombia. 



a. Ad. ak. Gould Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Colombia. Massena Coll. 



c. cS ad. sk. New Granada. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. Bababoyo, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Monji, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Ecuador (Higgins). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Pionns maximiliani. 



Siy, Azara, Apunt. Hist. Nut. Parag. i. p. 461, n. 287 (1803) ; 



id. Voy. (ed. Sonn.) iv. p. 77 (1809). 

 Psittacn- menatraus, part, VieiU. N. 1). x.w. p. 331 (1-17). 

 Psittacus maximiliani, Kuhl. Oonsp. Psitt. p. 72 (1820) (juv.) ; 



Staph. Cfen. Zool \iv. p. 103 (1826); Desm. Diet, Sc. Nat. xxxix. 



p. 97 (1826) ; Rahn, Orn. At/.. Papag. p. 82, t. 62 (1836) ; G. R. 



Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 421, u. 10 (1846) ; Haiti. Ind. Azara Apunt. 



p. 18 (1847) : ? Schomf). Guian. iii. p. 723 (1848); G. R. Gr. Lift 



Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 75 (syn. emend?) (1859). 

 l'.-ittacus cyanurus, Prmc. Marhnil. (nee Shaw),Jide Kuhl, I.e. 

 Psittacus flavirostris, Spix, Av. Bra*, i. p. 42, t. 81. f. 2 (1824) ■ 



Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 243 (1882). 



