1918. Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory. 75 



Psittacula coelestis lucida Ridgway. Ridgway's Parrotlet. 



P[sittacula] coelestis lucida Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1888, pp. 532-538 

 (Colombia); Id., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, p. 188, in key. 



Range: Colombia. 



*Psittacula conspicillata conspicillata Lafr. Spectacled Parrotlet. 



Psittacula conspicillata Lafresnaye, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., XI, 1848, p. 172 

 (Colombia*); Souanc£, Icon. Perr., 1857, pi. XLI; Salvador:, Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus., XX, 1891, p. 243; Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 



1916, p. 188, in key; Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, p. 304. 

 Psittacula conspicillata conspicillata Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 



1917, p. 260. 



Range : Colombia and eastern Ecuador? 

 t9 : Colombia. 



Psittacula conspicillata caucae'' Chapman. Cauca Spectacled Par- 

 rotlet. 

 Psittacula conspicillata caucae Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXIV, 1915, 

 P- 383 (Coli, Cauca Valley, Colombia); Id., XXXVI, 1917, p. 260. 



Range: Cauca Valley region, Colombia. 



Psittacula modesta modesta (Cabanis). Schomburgk's Parrotlet. 



Psittacula modesta Cabanis in Schomburgk's Reis. Brit. Guiana, III, 1848, 

 p. 727 (British Guiana); Ridgway, Btill. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, 

 p. 189, in key; Chubb, Bds. Brit. Guiana, I, 1916, p. 315. 



Psittacula modesta modesta Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XVII, 1910, p. 404. 



Range: The Guianas, north Brazil and Venezuela. 



Psittacula modesta sclateri (Gray)." Sclater's Parrotlet. 



Psittacula sclateri Gray, List Bds. Brit. Mus., II, Psittacidae, 1859, p. 86 (Rio 

 Javarri, Upper Amazon); Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 1917, 

 p. 261 (La Muralla, Colombia). 



P[sittacula] modesta sclateri Hellmayr, Novit. Zool., XVII, 1910, p. 405 (crit.). 



Range: Eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador (to the Rio Javarri region) 

 and (?) southern Colombia (Muralla). 



* Chapman suggests Honda, upper Magdalena River, Colombia, as the type 

 locality for P. c. conspicillata Lafr. See Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H., XXXIV, 1915, 

 p. 384. 



^ P. c. caucae Chapman: "Similar to P. c. conspicillata Lafr. of the Bogota 

 region, but larger; the wings and tail constantly longer; the bill averaging heavier; 

 the blue areas of the rump, inner wing quills, upper and under wing coverts, decidedly 

 less purple; spectrum blue rather than Hays blue or blue- violet in color." (Chapman, 



1.0.) 



° Psittacula modesta sclateri (Gray): Similar to P. m. modesta (Cabanis), but 

 diflfers in somewhat darker and more greenish coloration, (most noticeable on the 

 under parts) and males have the rump darker blue. 



