ISS6.1 Cory oti the Birds of the West Indies. z|.6 1 



Psittacus minor ViEiLL. Nouv. Diet. XXV, p. 314. 



Psittaciis signatus Shaw, Gen. Zool. VIII, p. 510. — Kuhl, Consp. p. 71 



(l82£). 



Psittacus (estiviis KvHL, Consp. p. 75 (1S21). 



Psittacus vircscens Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 99. 



Ckrysotis signatus Swains. Class. Bds. II, p. 301 (1S37). 



Ckrysotis agilis Gray, List Psitt. p. S2 (1859). — Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 



354(1862). — Albrecht. J. t^ O. 1S62, p. 203. — March, Pr. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 284. — Finsch, Die Papag. Mon. Bearb. II, 



p. 531 (1868).— Gray, Ilandl. Bds. II, p. 164 (1870).— Scl. & Salv. 



Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. 



Jamaica, p. no (18S1).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head dark green, becoming somewhat lighter on 

 the back; underparts light green; most of the feathers of the head, 

 throat, and back delicately edged with black; a patch of black on 

 the ear-coverts ; primaries blue on the outer webs, edged with green 

 on the basal portion, the blue color but slightly showing on the first 

 four primaries ; terminal portion of quills dark brown; tail green. 

 One specimen before me has one of the wing-coverts bright red on 

 one side, lacking in the other specimens 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 10; wing, 6.50; tail, 4; tarsus, .40; bill, 1.20. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Chrysotis augusta (Vig.). 



Psittacus havanensis Kuhl, Consp. p. 79 (1821).^ — -Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 



740(1832). 

 Psittacus augustus Vig. P. Z. S. 1836, p. So. — Gray & Mitch. Gen. Bds. 



pi. 104 (1844-49). 

 Ckrysotis augustus Gray & Mitch. Gen. Bds. No. 16 (1S44-49). 

 CEnockrus augustus Bp. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1854, p. 151. 

 Amazona augustus Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, p. 50 (1864). 

 Chrysotis augusta Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 437. — Finsch, Die Papag. Mon. 



Bearb, II, p. 557 (1868). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 



(1873).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 62, 487 (1878).— Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1881, p. 627.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 20 (18S5). 



Sp. Char. — Top of the head tinged with purplish, shading into green on 

 the nape; cheeks and throat reddish purple, the feathers edged with 

 bluish; the feathers of the sides of the neck and nape tipped with 

 dull purple, forming a sort of collar ; back and wings green ; feath- 

 ers on the rump slightly tipped with bluish ; breast and underparts 

 dull purple, the feathers pale at tlie tips, and showing delicate 

 bluish edging Avhen held in the light; flanks green; a patch of red 

 on the outer webs of two of the secondaries, faintly showing on the 



