210 BULLETIN 155, UNIT-ED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Order PSITTACIFORMES 



Family PSITTACIDAE 

 Subfamily Pioninae 



AMAZONA VENTRALIS (Miiller) 74 

 HISPANXOLAN PARROT, C0T0RRA, PERRUCHE, JACGUOT 



Psittacus ventralis Mulleb, Natursyst., Suppl., 1776, p. 79 (" Martinique "= 

 Hispaniola). 



Papagayo, Oviedo, Hist. Gen. Nat. Indias, Libr. 14, Cap. 4; Reprint, Madrid, 

 1851, p. 443 (common). 



Amazone a tete blanche, Button, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 6, 1779, p. 213 (" Saint- 

 Domingue ").—Descouettlz. Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, pp. 201-202 (Haiti). 



Amazone a tete jaune, Descouetilz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, pp. 201-202 

 (Dominican Republic, error for A. ventralis). 



Perruche, Saint-Meby, Descrip. Part. Frang. lie Saint-Domingue, vol. 1, 

 1797, p. 262 (Dondon). 



Parrot, Jeffeeys, Nat. Civ. Hist. French Dom. North and South America, pt. 

 2, 1760, pp. 12, 170 (method of capture). — Saint-Meey, Descrip. Span. Part 

 Saint-Domingo, vol. 1, 1798, p. 306 (numerous). — Wimpffen, Voy. Saint Do- 

 mingo, 1817, p. 1S8 (recorded).— Beck, Nat. Hist., vol. 21, 1921, p. 41 (near 

 Loma Tina). 



Psittacus dominicensis, Haetlaub, Isis, 1847, p. 609 (Hispaniola). — Ritteb, 

 Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 155 (listed). 



fPsittacus ochrocephalus, Ritteb, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, 

 p. 155 (listed). 



Chrysotis sallaei Sclateb, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 224 (described 

 as new from Dominican Republic). — Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 

 234 (habits).— Coey, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 154 (Jeremie, speci- 

 men) ; Birds Haiti and San Domingo, Dec, 1884, pp. 115-116, col. sketch of 

 head (Samana, Magna, Jeremie, specimens). — Tippenhaueb, Die Insel Haiti, 

 1892, pp. 318, 322 (listed).— Cheisty, Ibis, 1897, p. 334 (Sanchez, common). 



Psittacus Sallaei, Beyant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1867, 

 p. 96 (Dominican Republic, Haiti). 



Amazona sallaei, Coey, Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 101 (Haiti, Dominican 

 Republic). — Cheeeie, Field Columbian Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1896, p. 22 

 (abundant). — Clabk, Auk, 1905, pp. 331, 344 (listed). — Veeeill, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 359 (common). 



Chrysotis ventralis, Haetebt, Nov. Zool., vol. 9, 1902, p. 293 (Sanchez). 



Amazona ventralis, Petees, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, pp. 408-409 

 (Arroyo Savana, specimens). — Kaempfee, Journ. fur Ornith., 1924, p. 183 

 (Sanchez).— Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, pp. 140, 141; Beneath Tropic 

 Seas, 1928, p. 221 (recorded). — Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 

 80, 1928, p. 499 (La Selle, Chalne des Mateux, Montaignes Noires, Massif du 

 Nord, Gonave). — Danfoeth, Auk, 1929, p. 366 (generally distributed). — LSnn- 

 bebg, Fauna och Flora, 1929, p. 102 (Haiti). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. 

 Nat, vol. 68, 1929, p. 315 (Bonao, specimens). 



78 The Papegai a. bandeau rouge, of Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 6, 1779, pp. 241-242 

 ("Saint-Domingue"), and the Perroquet, de St. Domingue, of Daubenton, Planch. Enl., 

 no. 792, refer to Amazona vittata of Porto Pico. 



