CHERKIIi: ORNITHOLOGY OF THE ORINOCO REGION. 33I 



Aratinga leucophthalmus (P. L. S. Miiller). 

 Psittacus leucopJithalmus P. L. S. Miiller, Syst. Nat., Suppl. 1776: p. 75 



(Guiana). 

 Aratinga leucophthalmus Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1913 : p. 196 



(Buelte Triste, Manimo Riv.). 



Recorded from the delta country by Stone. 



Aratinga haemorrhoa Spix. 

 Aratinge liaemorrhoa Spix, Av. Bras. I. 1824. p. 29. PI. xiii. 

 Conurus haemorrhous Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 107. 



Abundant about Ciudad Bolivar during April, less common at 

 Caicara. Flocks of from two to thirty or forty were frequenting 

 trees of ripe mangoes. 



Eye and eye-lid orange yellow, bare skin about eye yellowish 

 white; maxilla vinaceous cinnamon, slaty at the extreme tip, mandible 

 slate color; feet buffy yellow. There is considerable variation in 

 the color of the bill ; in some it is vinaceous cinnamon above with the 

 extreme tip and mandible blackish slate ; in others the mandible is 

 whitish horn color, slaty at the tip. Many of these, as in the pre- 

 ceding case, are killed for food. 



Aratinga chrysophrys (Swainson). 

 Conurus chrysophrys Swainson, Two Cent, and a Quart, of Birds (in 



Anim. in Menag. pt. Ill: 1838: p. 320, No. 120) (Guiana). 

 Conurus aeruginosus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 107. 



Native name Cara-Sucia. Common. 



Eye yellow, bill grey, feet slate grey. 



This species associates in large flocks, except for a short time 

 during the breeding season. It is the most abundant parrot found along 

 the Orinoco. Tame, very often seen about the native houses. 



Chapman (MS.) has pointed out that the proper name for this bird 

 is as given above. 



Pvrrhura melanura (Spix). 

 Aratinga melanurus Spix, Av. Bras. I: (1824) p. 36. 



Miller collected a series at Boca de Sina, Cunucunuma River 

 (Upper Orinoco) now in the American Museum collection. 



Pyrrhura picta picta (P. L. S. Miiller). 

 Psittacus pictus Miill., Syst. Nat. Supplement, 1776. "p. 75. 

 Pyrrhura picta Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 108. 



