J.6o RiDGWAY 071 the Genus Psittaciila. [October 



The under surface of the body in S. coryi is much lighter 

 than in 6". fuligitiosa^ being whitish on the throat and the middle 

 of the abdomen, and brownish gray on the breast and sides of 

 the body, while in S. fuliginosa nearly all the under surface of the 

 body is of a uniform, dark cinereous, and the chin never shows 

 any rufous suffusion, as is the case in 6". coryi. 



The outer aspect of the wing in S. coryi is rather darker 

 rufous brown, and the under wing-coverts and inner margins of 

 the quills ai^e a uniform cinnamon rufous, being grayish with a 

 slight admixture of rufous in S. fuliginosa. 



The bill in S. coryi is slightly longer and the base of the under 

 mandible is yellow to a much greater extent. 



The wings and the tail are much shorter than in S. fuligifiosa. 



SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS ON THE GENUS 

 PSITTACULA BRISSON. 



BY ROBERT RIDGWAY. 



In a collection of birds from Bahia recently received at the 

 National Museum are eight specimens of Psittactila passer- 

 ina vivida^ for the first time described in my recently published 

 review of this genus.* There are five adult males and three 

 adult females, and all exhibit the distinctive characters of the 

 new race as compared with the true P. passeriita (Linn.), 

 from the more northern provinces of Brazil. Some of the males 

 show, more or less strongly, a bluish tinge across the hind-neck, 

 this in one of them intensified just behind and above the auricu- 

 lars into a rather distinct bluish spot. The fifth specimen lacks 

 the bluish tinge on the hind neck and is somewhat lighter colored 

 throughout, thus approaching true P. passerina. 



Since the above specimens were received. Dr. Sclater has 

 kindly called my attention to an important paper on species of 

 this genus by Dr. Hartlaubt which I had entirely overlooked in 



* A Review of the Genus Psittacula Brisson. Proc U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. X, 1887, 

 PP- 529-548. 



fOn a new Species of Parrot of the Genus Psittacula. By Dr. G. Hartlaub, F. M, 

 Z. S. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1885, pp. 613-615, pi. 38, figs, i, 2. 



