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their different plumage ; those of Guadeloupe are a little smaller 

 than the Macaws. The head, neck, and underparts are slaty, 

 with a few green and black feathers ; the back is wholly green, 

 the wings green, yellow, and red." 



Brisson (Orn. IV, p. 302, 1760), under " Le Perroquet de la 

 Guadeloupe, Psittacus aquarum lupiarum insulae," says : " Psit- 

 tacus major brevicaudatus, superne viridis, inferne cinereo-caeru- 

 lescens, capito et collo cinereo-caerulescentibus, viridi et nigro 

 variegatis ; rectribus viridibus. Head, throat, and neck ashy 

 bluish, varied with green and black. Back and rump green. 

 Upper tail-coverts and scapulars green. Under parts, sides, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts, ashy bluish. Wings green, varied 

 with red and yellow. Found in Guadeloupe." 



Buffon (Hist. Nat. Ois. VI, p. 233, 1779), under "Le Craik a 

 tete violette," quotes Dutertre's descriptions given above and says: 

 "We have never seen this parrot, and it is not found in Cayenne. 

 It is even very rare in Guadeloupe to-day, for none of the inhabi- 

 tants of that island have given us any information concerning it ; 

 but that is not extraordinary, for since the islands have been 

 inhabited, the number of parrots has greatly diminished, and 

 Dutertre remarks in particular of this one that the French colo- 

 nists wage a terrible war on it in the season when it is espe- 

 cially fat and succulent." 



Latham (Gen. Hist. Birds, IV, p. 217, 1822) refers to this bird 

 under the name of " The Ruff-necked Parrot," and quotes Duter- 

 tre's description. 



Gmelin has given (Syst. Nat. I, p. 337, 1789) the name 

 Ps\jttacns\ violaceus, based on the "Psittacus aquarum Lupiarum 

 insulae " of Brisson, " Crick a tete violette " of Buffon, and " Le 

 Perroquet de la Guadeloupe " of Dutertre. 



These are the chief references to this bird, which appears to 

 have become extinct at a very early date. Count Salvadori (Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. XX, p. 336, 1891) refers this bird to Deroptyus 

 accipitrinus (Linn.), a continental species 1 ranging from Guiana 

 southward and westward through the Amazons valley. The genus 

 Deroptyus is characterized (in part) by having a comparatively 



1 The genus is monotypic. 



