354 psittacid^;. 



Urochroma viridicauda, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 167, n. 8363 



(1870). 

 Eucinetus purpuratus, Rchnw. Vogelbild. in the text of pi. xxiv. f. 3 



(1878-83). 

 Eucinetus viridicauda, Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xxiv. f. 3 (1878-83). 

 Euchroura purpurata, Rchmc. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 358 (Consj). 



Psitt. p. 198). 

 Euchroura viridicauda, Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 359 (Com}). 



Psitt. p. 199). 



Adult. Green, uuderparts lighter ; crown olive-brown, ear-coverts 

 with a brownish tinge ; rump blue ; sides of the rump, flanks, and 

 upper tail-coverts bright green ; scapulars brownish black ; sides 

 of the body yellowish green ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 

 quills black, with the outer webs edged with green ; metacarpal 

 edge purple-blue ; greater under wing-coverts and inner webs of 

 the primaries below dull greenish ; two central tail-feathers green, 

 tipped with black, the lateral ones purple-red edged with black at 

 the tip and on the outer web : bill lead-colour, yellow towards the 

 tip ; feet grey. Total length about 6 - S inches, wing 4-4, tail 1-9, 

 bill 0-65, tarsus 0-4. 



Female. Like the male, from which it differs in having the sca- 

 pulars paler brown and a broad green band at the tip of the 

 lateral tail-feathers ; the black edge of the same feathers is confined 

 to the tip, and is wanting on the outer edge. 



Hob. Guiana, Cayenne, and Lower Amazons. 



ft. Ad. st. Demerara. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Demerara. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. Guiana. Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. British Guiana (H. Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e,f- 6 ad. sk. Bartica Grove, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Aug. (H. Whitely). 



g. 2 ad. sk. Roraima, British Guiana, Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(H. Whitely). 



h. $ ad. sk. Cayenne. Riocour Coll. 



?'. Ad. sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. <$ ad. sk. Capim River ( Wallace). Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. st. Brazil. Purchased. (Type of 



P. viridicauda,Gv.) 



m. Ad. st. Purchased. 



4. Urochroma surda. 



Psittacus surdus, iff. in Mus. Berol. ; Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 59 



(1820) ; Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 252 (1832) ; Hahn, Orn. At/., Papag. 



p. 55, t. 40 (1835). 

 Psittacus ochnu'us, Prime. Maximil., fide Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 59 



(1820). 

 Psittacus ckryseurus, Sw. Zool. III. iii. pi. 141 (1822-23) ; Isis, 1829, 



p. 1005. 

 Psittacula surda, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 141 (1826) ; Wagl. Mon. 



Psitt. p. 620 (1832) ; Hart I. Syst. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 88 (1844) ; 



G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 423, n. 7 (1846) ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. 



