APPENDIX. 587 



a*. General color vermilion-red, with middle wing-coverts chrome-yellow, the quills 

 dark blue, the tail blue and red ; a little larger than A. militaris, the tail 

 much longer. Hob. Southern Mexico to Bolivia. 



A. macao (LiNN.). Red yellow and blue Macaw. 1 



GENUS AMAZON A LESSON, page 269. 

 Several Mexican species, distinguished as follows : 



a 1 . Wing more than 7.50 ; bill not bright yellow ; primary coverts always green, 



and 3-6 innermost secondaries with outer webs chiefly red. 

 b 1 . Anterior border of wing with more or less of red ; forehead (in adult whole 

 head and neck) yellow. 



Adult : Whole head and neck yellow. Young with yellow on head and 

 red on anterior border of wing more restricted, according to age. 

 Wing 8.70-9.50, tail 4.50-5.50. Hab. Western Mexico, from Tehuan- 

 tepec to Mazatlan and Tres Marias. 



A. oratrix KIDGW. Double Yellow-head Parrot. 2 

 V. Anterior border of wing without trace of red ; forehead green or red. 



c 1 . Outer tail-feather without trace of red or yellow spot on basal portion 



of inner web. 



d 1 . Forehead green ; feathers of breast, etc., without trace of blackish 

 tips ; whole top of head light blue, or bluish green ; wing 9.30- 

 10.20, tail 5.20-6.20. Hab. Eastern Mexico (Mirador) and south 



to Costa Eica. 



A. guatemalae (HARTL.). Blue-crowned Parrot. 8 



d*. Forehead purplish red ; crown and occiput lilac-bluish, the feathers 

 narrowly tipped with blackish ; feathers of chest, etc., narrowly 

 tipped with blackish; wing 7.60-8.20, tail 4.80-5.50. Hab. 

 Western Mexico, from Tehuantepec to Mazatlan. 



A. finschi (ScL.). Finsch's Parrot.* 



c 2 . Outer tail-feather with a more or less distinct red or yellow spot on 

 basal portion of inner web. 



Adult : Forehead and upper half of lores red ; lower half of lores, 

 and backward beneath eyes, yellow; top of head pale bluish 

 or lilac superficially. Young : Similar to adult, but yellow re- 

 placed by light green. Wing 8.00-8.70, tail 4.70-5.20. Hab. 

 Eastern Mexico (Mirador) and south to Honduras and Yera 

 Paz, Guatemala. 



A. autumnalis (LiNN.). Autumnal Parrot. 5 



1 Psittacua macao LINN., S. N. ed. 10, i. 1758, 96. Ara macao GRAY, List Psitt. Brit. Mus. 1859, 26. 



2 Chrysotis levaillantii GRAY, List Psitt. Brit. Mus. 1859, 79 ; nee Amazona levaillantii LESS., 1831. 



8 Chrysotis guatemalte HARTL., Verz. Brem. Samml. 1844, 87. Amazona guatemalx SCHLEG., Mus. P.-B. 

 Rev. Psitt. 1874, 27. 



* Chrysotis finschi SCL., P. Z. S. 1864, 298; ib. 1870, pi. 34. 



5 Psittacua autumnalis LINN., S. N. ed. 12. i. 1766, 147. Amazona autumnalis SCHLEG., Mus. P.-B. 

 Psitt. 1864, 51. 



