22. PIONOI'SITTACUS. 339 



«'". Bentl of the wing' blue ; pileum red 

 in the male ; forehead blue in the 



female pile a tun, p. 340. 



U" . Bend of the wiug and also small 

 upper wing-coverts and under wing- 

 coverts purple or vinous red. 



a 1 . Base of the tail green pgrrhops, p. 341. 



b 4 . Base of the tail dull red amazoninus, p. 342. 



b". Axillaries scarlet; base of the tail red 

 on the inner webs of the feathers ; ear- 

 coverts red. 

 c'". No rose-red collar bjlow the blackish 



throat hamatotis, p. 343. 



d'". A rose-red collar below the blackish 



throat coccineicollaris, p. 344. 



b. Inner webs of the tail-feathers yellow, except 

 at the tip. 

 c' 1 . Under wing-coverts green ; head black, caica, p. 345. 

 d". Under wing-coverts scarlet. 



e"'. Head black, cheeks yellow barrabandi, p. 346. 



f". Head and neck yellow pyrilia, p. 347. 



1. Pionopsittacus melanotis. 



Pionus melanotis, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1847, p. (37 ; Des Murs, Icon. Orn. 



pi. 60 (1847). 

 Psittacus melanotis, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. App. p. 20 (1849); id. List 



Psitt. Brit. Mm. p. 74 (1859). 

 Caica melanotis, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 151, n. 112; 



id. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 110; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, 



ii. p. 161, n. 8295 (1870). 

 Amazona melanotis, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 67 (1864) ; id. 



op. cit. Revue, p. 30 (1874). 

 Pionias melanotis, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 412 (1868) ; Gieb. Thes. 



Orn. iii. p. 191 (1877). 

 Pionopsitta melanotis, Salv. Ibis, 1876, p. 496 ; Sclat. fy Sulv.' P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 635. 

 Eucinetus melanotis, Rchmc. Joum. f. Orn. 1881, p. 355 {Consp. 



Psitt. p. 195) ; id. Vogelbild. Nacbtr. 109 (1883). 



Adult. Green ; pileum, lores, nape, sides of the neck, and throat 

 bluish ; a band over the eyes, extending beyond them, and cheeks 

 bright yellowish green ; the bluish feathers of the throat with green 

 edges ; back, rump, scapulars, and upper tail-coverts green ; breast, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts yellowish green ; upper wing- 

 coverts black ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dark blue, black 

 on the inner webs ; first primary black, edged with blue on the 

 outer web ; the remaining primaries blue on the outer webs, which 

 are narrowly edged with green towards the base and with yellowish 

 towards the tip ; outermost secondaries black, the innermost ones 

 edged with green on the outer webs ; tertials and the innermost 

 greater upper wing-coverts green ; under wing-coverts bluish green, 

 more or less tinged with black near the carpal edge, the inner ones 

 pure green ; greater under wing-coverts and inner webs of the quillr 



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