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and hind neck show under certain lights their tips shining olive- 

 brownish yellow ; front, lores and cheeks, and all the under surface 

 yellowish grass green, brighter than the upper parts ; crop and breast 

 washed very faintly with olive : chin and upper part of throat 

 changing into olive-yellow ; quills dark grass-green, a little darker 

 than the back ; the primaries on the inner web sooty blackish, on 

 the outer web dull greenish blue, with narrow but distinct green 

 margins ; the tectrices of primaries on the outer web towards the 

 base also washed with dull blue ; under wing-coverts grass green, like 

 the vent ; quills from beneath dull malachite-green like the under- 

 surface of the tail-feathers, which from above are dark grass-green ; 

 the first primary beneath exhibits a narrow margin of olive-yellow. 

 Bill horn- grey, with yellowish tip, mandible yellowish, with grey 

 basal portion ; feet and claws brownish. 



Latid. Long. dig. 

 rostr. tars. ext. 



4'" 5'" 6"' (poll. Angl.). 



Hab. Eastern Peru. 



The specimen from which the above description was taken was 

 collected by the well-known explorer of Peru, Mr. H. Whitely, 

 at Paucartambo, a village east of Cuzco, in the Andes, at an ele- 

 vation of 9400 feet. As I learn from a letter of Dr. Sclater, who 

 kindly forwarded to me this specimen for inspection and descrip- 

 tion, Mr. Whitely unfortunately collected only this single speci- 

 men, which has no label of sex, but is certainly mature. The sexual 

 differences are therefore still to be ascertained ; and it seems to be 

 possible that the male may exhibit a brighter coloration, although 

 I incline to believe that both sexes will prove to be alike. In 

 respect of the generic position, there can be no doubt, according 

 to my views, that the species must be placed in the genus Psit- 

 tacula, although there are some differences ; but these show clearly 

 that Psittacula andicola unites the true Psittaculce of South America 

 (Ps. passe?-ina, ccelestis, &c.) with those usually distinguished under 

 the generic term Urochroma, Bp. (surda, melanonota, &c). From 

 the latter it differs in the more rounded, although short, tail with 

 more pointed feathers, as in the true Psittaculce ; besides, the tail- 

 coverts are less elongated ; the wings are quite the same as in the 

 true Psittaculce, but do not reach to the end of the tail, as in the mem- 

 bers of the subgenus JJrochroma. The bill much resembles that of 

 Psittacula ; but the lateral margins of the upper mandible show no 

 emargination, and the bill in general is more bulky and corresponds 

 rather with that of Bolborhynchus, Bp. (5. monachus, aymara, &c), 

 which, however, are easily distinguished by their long, cuneated tail- 

 feathers. Psittacula andicola stands quite alone in its uniform 

 green coloration, and cannot be confounded with any of its allies. 



