608 APPENDIX. 



pulars and some of the under wing-coverts blue, the other wing-coverts 

 brownish with dark green edges; uropygium (?) golden green; throat blue; 

 the rest of the underparts yellow ; outer quills ash-grey, tinged witli dark 

 blue ; the long graduated tail ashy grey at the base, the feathers edged with 

 blue on the outer web, and turning to whitish towards the tips; bill strong, 

 with a short hook, dark at the ba3e, pale at the tip. 

 Perhaps a Platycereus. 



20. Pyrrhura chiripepe. 



Chiripepe, Azara, Apunt. Hist. Nat. Paraq. i. p. 429, n. 281 (1803); id. 



Voi/. (ed. Sonn.) iii. p. 65 (1809) ; Berl. journ. f. Orn. 1887, p. 25. 

 Psittacus chiripepe, Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 361 (1817); id. Enc. Meth. iii. 



p. 1396 (1823) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. 2, p. 917 (1868). 

 Chiripepe Parrakeet, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 191 (1S32). 

 Sittace chiripepe, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 644 (1832). 

 Conurus chiripepe, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 413, n. 20 (1845) ; Hartl.Ind. 



Azar. Apunt. p. 18 (1847) ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 42 



(1859). 

 Microsittace cheripepe, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150, n. 55. 

 Pyrrhura chiripepe, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 45 ; G. R. Gr. 



Hand-list, ii. p. 149, n. 8142 (1870). 

 Conurus vittatus, Berl. (nee Shaw) Journ. f. Orn. 1887, pp. 25, 121 



(Paraguay). 



Green ; throat, neck, ears, and lower abdomen carmine-brown ; on the lower 

 breast a red spot, and another on the abdomen ; tail red on the upper surface, 

 mixed with yellow ; on the forehead a narrow brown band ; the wing outside 

 blue ; bill and feet blackish ; the skin round the eyes whitish. Total length 

 9}", tail 4£", tarsus 8'". 



Hah. Paraguay. 



D'Azara's description is incomplete and obscure. 



According to Graf v. Berlepsch, the Paraguayan bird is very likely different 

 from the Brazilian Pyrrhura vittata (Shaw). 



21. Pyrrhura beryllina. 



Pyrrhura beryllina. Mass. et Souanef, fide. Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. 



Psitt. n. 37(descr. nulla) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. 2. p. 919 (1868) ; G. R. Gr. 



Hand-list, ii. p. 149, n. 8138 (1870). 

 Conurus beryllinus, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1S59). 



It seems that Massena and Souance never mentioned a Parrot under the 

 above name, and no description of it has been given either by Bonaparte or 

 anybody else. 



22. Conurus flaviventris. 



Maracana cabeza y encuentro roxos, Azara, Apunt. Hist. Nat. Parag. i. 



p. 418, n. 276 (1803). 

 Maracana a tete et pli de Faile rouges, Azara, Voy. (ed. Sonn.) iii. p. 59 



(1809). 

 Sittace flaviventris, Waql. Mon. Psitt. p. 658 (1832) (ex Azara) ; Gieh. 



Thes. Orn. iii. p. 495 (1877). 

 Psittacara flaviventris, Bp. Rrv. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150. n. 23. 

 Conurus flaviventris, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 413, n. 6(1845); Hartl. 



Lid. Azara Apunt. p. 17 (1847) ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 32 



(1859) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 918 (1868) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 146, 



n. 8096 (1870). 



Green ; abdomen yellow ; forehead to the middle of the head, a spot on the 

 small winc-coverts, the bend and the edge of the wing bright red ; rest of the 

 win^-coverts green ; the quills above green, for the greater part violet, under- 



