356 PSITTACID.E. 



Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 268 (note) (1871) ; Schlcg. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, 



Revue, p. 30 (1874) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 328 (1877). 

 Pyrrkulopsis hueti, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 152, n. 125 ; 



Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 156; Sousa, Mus. Nac. 



Lisb. Psittaci, p. 13 (1869). 

 Uvochroma hueti, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, C'onsp. Psitt. n. 124 ; Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1857, p. 19 ; Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 753, 759 ; 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 167, n. 8361 (1870) ; Sclat. # Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1873, p. 301 ; Ad. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 115, n. 6 



(1873) ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 409 (1882) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. 



iii. p. 217 (1886). 

 Euchroura hueti, Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 360 (C'onsp. Psitt. 



p. 200); id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 115 (1883). 



Adult male. Green, underparts paler and yellower ; forehead 

 and lores deep blue, nearly black ; anterior part of the cheeks 

 bright blue ; crown and hind neck with a slight olive tinge ; sides 

 of the body yellow -green; under tail-coverts yellow-green, with the 

 inner webs greener, sometimes the longest entirely yellow ; thighs 

 bluish ; bend of the wing, under wing-coverts, and axillaries 

 scarlet ; outermost upper wing-coverts deep blue, the greater ones 

 green at the base, blue at the tip, the blue portion diminishing on 

 the inner ones ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black, edged 

 with blue on tho outer webs ; primaries black, edged with green on 

 the outer webs ; outermost secondaries on the outer webs blue 

 towards the base, green towards the tip, the innermost ones with the 

 outer webs entirely green ; greater under wing-coverts and inner 

 webs of the quills below dull green ; two central tail-feathers 

 entirely green, the lateral ones purple-red with a black band near 

 the tip, which is green : bill yellowish ; feet greyish brown. Total 

 length about 6-8 inches, wing 4 - 6, tail T7, bill O'Gi, tarsus - 4. 



Female. Like the male, only the tail has no red colour, and it is 

 almost wholly green, with the inner webs of the lateral tail-feathers 

 yellowish green ; there is a black band, more or less distinct, near 

 the tip of all the tail-feathers. 



Young. The blue colour on the forehead and lores is wanting. 



Hab. Trinidad, Venezuela, Guiana, Cayenne ('?), E. Ecuador, and 

 E. Peru. 



a. Ad. st. Cayenne (?). Baron Laugier Coll. 



b. Ad. st. British Guiana (?). R. Sckomburgk [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Gould Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (C. Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 g. Ad. sk. Xeberos (Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Chamicuros, Upper Amazons. Gould Coll. 



6. Urochroma dilectissima. 



(Jrochroma dilectissima, Sclat. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 788, 

 pi. xlvii. ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 115, n. 7 (1873) ; Gieb. 

 Thes. Orn. iii. p. 742 (1877). 



Euchroura dilectissima, Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 361 (Consp. 

 Psitt. p. 201) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 4 16 (1883). 



