19. pionus. 333 



t. 2 ad. sk. Costa Rica (J. Canniol). Sclatei Cull. 



«. Imm. sk. San Jose", Costa Rica, May Salvin-Godman Coll 



(M. L. Calhja). 



v - J "J- *■ Costa Rica. Purchased. 



W. Ad. sk. Costa Rica. Purchased. 



X. Ad. sk [Brazil.] Purchased. 



'J- Juv - st - [Brazil.] Purchased. 



9. Pionus chalcoptems. 

 Psittacus cbalcopterus, Fras. P. Z. S. 1840, p. 59 ; Bn. Atti 8c Ital 

 vi. p. 403 (1845); G. It. Gr.Gen.B. ii. p. 421, n. 13 Q846) ■ 



Fr ?*',?™k 7)/p - pl r,i} < 1849 ^ G - M - Gr - List P *itt. Brit. Mm. 

 p. /o (iooyj. 



Pionus chalcoptems, Hartl. Si/st. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 87 (1844) • Bn 

 Rev.et Maff.de Zool. 1854, pp. 14s, 155, n . 119. Sc ) at p Z % 

 L855, p. 162; SouancS, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p 155 '• Bo 

 Naumanma, 185(3, Consp. Psitt. n. 118; SouancS, Icon 'pJr 

 pl. xxxv. (1857); Mat. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 147; id Cat Am B 

 ft Jo?' « 2 ^i (18 l 2); Wa ' Mus - NacUib. P.sittaci, p.' 12 

 S? 69 ^?" R - G >;- Hand-ltst, ii. p. 163, n. 8307 (1870); W m tt 

 Ibis, 1871, p. 381; Sclat. $ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p 114 

 n. 8 (18.3) ; Sclat. Bowl. Orn. Misc. iii. pp. 6, 7 (1877) ■ Sclat 

 fSaiv. P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 538; Salv. Cat. BStrickl. Coll £ 468 



iHf P ; . st * Tacz - R z - s - 1883, p - 573; BerL *»£f™ 



Psittacus hsemorrhous, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 70 (1854) 



Amazona chaleoptera, Schley. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, p ' 62 H864) • 



id. op. cit. Revue, p. 29 (1874). * [ ' ' 



Pionias chalcoptems, Finsch, Papaq. ii. p. 462 (1868) • Gieb 



Thes. Orn. iii. p. 189 (1877) ; Rc/mw. Tocjelbild. t. xxvi f 6 



(young?) (1878-83) ; id. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 364 (Consp. 'p s )tt. 



Adult male. Blackish blue ; head and neck dark green with the 

 edges of the feathers dark blue, producing a scale-like appearance • 

 leathers ot the back and scapulars dark green, brownish in the 

 middle and indistinctly edged with blue; lower back and rump deep 

 blue ; upper tail-coverts brown-green, with blue edges : underpays 

 blue, each feather being dark green with blue edges ; feathers of the 

 chin with whitish edges, those of the throat with pale red ed°-es • 

 under tail-coverts vermilion, more or less blue along the shafts • 

 upper wing-coverts coppery brown ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts' 

 and quills purple-blue; inner secondaries with brown edges- the 

 outermost greater upper wing-coverts blue, edged with "brown • 

 smaller and median under wing-coverts blue, the greater ones and' 

 the inner part of the inner webs of the quills verditer-blue • tail 

 blue, below towards the base of the inner webs of the feathers' ver- 

 ditor-blue, sometimes reddish : bill horn-yellowish white ; feet and 

 naked skin round the eyes reddish flesh-colour; iris brown Total 

 length about 11 inches, wing 7-4, tail 3-2, bill 1-1, tarsus 0-65. 



Youmi. Has the head, back, scapulars, and upper tail-coverts 

 greenish ; the underparta brown, with the feathers edged with dirk 

 green, some with blue; upper wing-coverts brown, with lighter 



