AC A Cory o>/ the Birds of the West Indies. [October 



THE BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES, INCLUDING 



THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER AND 



THE LESSER ANTILLES, EXCEPTING 



THE ISLANDS OF TOBAGO 



AND TRINIDAD. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



S^Contin lied from p-jSi.^ 



Family FSITTACID.-^. 



Genus Ara Briss. 

 Ara Brisson, Orn. 1760. 



' Ara tricolor (Bechst.). 



PsittacHs /r/Vo/or Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 64, pi. 1 (iSii). 



Macroccrc/is tricolor ViEiLL. Nouv. Diet. p. 262. — Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 



186(1831). — C.\B. J. t". O. 1S56. p. 105.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, 



p. 297 (1S66) ; i[>. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 163. 

 Sittace tricolor Wagl. Men. Psitt. p. 669 (1S32).— Finsch, Die Papag. 



Mon. Bearb. I, p. 409 (1S67). 

 Ara tricolor D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 161 (1S40). — 



Gray, Gen. Bds. II, No. 5 (1844-49).— Gosse, ^^s. Jam. p. 260 



(1S47). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 202. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. 



Avium Neoti-. p. iii (1S73). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica 



p. no (iSSi).— Cory, List Bds. W.I. p. 20 (1SS5). 

 Macrocerciis uiakavouaniia Steph. Gen. Zool. XIV, p. 112. 

 Macroccrciif. {Aracanga) tricolor Y.y.^xv.. K\q9: Cwh^, p. 132(1850). — Bp 



Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854. P- M9- 

 Arara tricolor Bp. Naum. 1856. — Schleg. Mus. Pavs-Bas, Psitt. p. 4 



(1S64). 

 Primoliniis tricolor Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 145 (1S70). 



Sp. Char. ilA/Zc; — Forehead red, becoming jellowisb red on the top of 

 the hcati. and shading into bright yellow on the nape ; feathers of the 

 upper back cinnamon red, edged with greenish; lesser wing-coverts 

 brown, with reddishedgings ; entire underparts scarletred, showinga 

 tinge of orange on the cheeks and throat, some of the feathers show- 

 ing yellow on the belly; primaries and secondaries showing bright 

 blue on the upper surface ; under surface of primaries pale brownish 

 red ; upper surface of tail-feathers showing the feathers cinnamon red, 

 shading into bright blue on the tips, some feathers showing more 



