new Parrot of the Genus Conurus. 131 



matis; remigibus intus nigris, primariorum et horum 

 tectricum marginibus externis Isete cseruleis ; secundariis 

 extus viridibuSj dorso concoloribus ; alula spuria flava 

 rubro tincta ; campterio alari coccineo ; subalaribus 

 flavis aurantiaco mixtis ; cauda obscura, nigricaute, 

 suprk vix brunnescenti tincta ; tibiis rubris ; rostro 

 albicanti-corneo, pedibus fuscis : long, tota lO'O, alae 

 b'Q, caudae rectr. med. 48, ext. 2"5. 



Hab. (sicut dicitur) in Demerara. 



Mus. S.-G. et P. L. S. 



Obs. Species C. devillii proxima, sed cauda obscura et sub- 

 alaribus partim flavis, necnon primariorum marginibus 

 Isetius cseruleis dignoscenda. 



This Conure belongs to the group A of the section " Pyr- 

 rhura" of Finsch (Papag. i. p. 524), in which the coverts of 

 the primaries are blue or green. Amongst these it comes 

 nearest to C. devillii, from Bolivia, of which the type speci- 

 men is now in the British Museum. But in C. devillii the 

 tail is light red underneath and green above, the green of 

 the body below is lighter and more yellowish, the breast- 

 feathers are more of a pale greyish brown, and there is no 

 yellow on the bend of the wing or on the wing-coverts below, 

 which are of the same colour as the primaries, not yellow as 

 in C. eyregius. Besides this, the outer margins of the pri- 

 maries in C devillii are of a much paler blue than in C 

 egregius. 



As regards the somewhat peculiar dark colour of the tail, 

 the present species comes nearest to C melanurus, wliich, 

 however, may be at once differentiated by having the under 

 wing-coverts green. 



Dr. Finsch recognizes 17 species of Conurus of the section 

 Pyrrhura, of all of which I have examples in my collection, 

 except C. roseifrons and C. devillii. I have also examples of 

 one other species described since his monograph was finished, 

 namely C. rhodocephalus (Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 787). 

 I think I may confidently say that Conurus egregius is quite 

 distinct from any of these eighteen species. 



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