458 Count T. Salvadori— Notes 



ibid. p. 301 (1892) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Am. B. pi. i. 



f. 1 (egg) (1895) ; Nowotny, Auk, xv. pp. 28-32 (1898) * 



Leptopsittaca Berl. & Stolzra. 



Leptopsittaca Berl. & Stolzm. Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 402 Type : L. branickii. 



Leptopsittace Forb. & Robins. Bull. Liver-p. 

 Mus. i. n. 1, p. 12 (1897). 



Leptopsittaca genus novum Psittacorum, generi Conuro affin is, 

 differt spatio latiore ante- et suboculari nudo, necnon 

 remigis quarti apice integio. 



Leptopsittaca branickii Berl. & Stolzm. Ibis, 1894, 



p. 402, pi. xi.; Dub. Syn. Av. p. 12, n. 157 (1899) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-list, ii. p. 1G (1900). 



"'Species magnitudine et forma fere Conuri leucophthalmi, 

 scd alis caudaque paulo longioribus et rostro debiliore 

 et breviore. Spatio latissimo ante- et suboculari 

 margineque angusto frontali regione nasali inclusa 

 nudis. Corpore toto obscure viridi, subtus pallidiore; 

 regione lorali striaque angusta hinc inde sub spatio 

 nudo oculari ad tectrices auriculares ducto tectricibusque 

 auricularibus snperioribus elongatis, fasciculum for- 

 mantibus, splendide aureis, loris obscurioribus brunneo- 

 aureis; margine frontali angustissimo obscure aureo- 

 brunneo; pileo anteriore interdum cseruleo tincto ; 

 abdomine medio cum corpore lateral] tectricibusque 

 subalaribus posterioribus flavo-olivaceis, hoc (!) maculis 

 aurantio-rubris variegato. Rectricibus (duabus mediis 

 exceptis) in pogonio interno sordide flavescenti-rubris, 

 remige primo tectricibusque primariorutn superioribus 

 obscure caeruleo marginatis. llostro pallide corneo, 

 dimiclio apicali albescente ; pedibus corneis. <$ . Long, 

 tot. 342-340, al. 187-184, caud. 197-192, culm. 26'75, 

 tarsi 19 mm. $. Loug. tot. 360-341, al. 185-179, 

 caud. 195-182, culm. 27*5-25*75, tars. 19-18"5 mm. 

 " Hab. in Peruvia alta centrali, ad alt. 10,000 ad 13,000 



pedum. " (Berlepsch <Sf Stolzman.) 



This quite distinct species has a certain likeness to Gnatho- 



psittaca icterotis, but, on account of the colouring of the tail, 



* " The Breeding of the Carolina Paroquet in Captivity." 



