1202 MR. C. E. HELLMAYR ON THE 



may be found with an indistinct, narrow streak down the centre 

 of the cuhnen. 



P. e. sanguine'iis inhabits the lowlands and hill-ranges of 

 Western Colombia (from the Truando southwards) and N.W. 

 Ecuador (province Esmeraldas : Cachabi, Paramba, Buliin, etc.)*. 



P. e. erythropyyius replaces it in the more southern districts of 

 Western Ecuador : Babahoyo, Pallatanga, Chimbo, Rio Peripa, 

 Santa Rita, Santo Domingo, etc. The Tring and Munich Museums 

 possess good series of this form, showing its characters to be 

 quite constant f. 



179. OoccYzus MELACORYPHUS Yieill. 



Coccyzihs melacoryjjhus Vieill. Inouv. Diet. viii. p. 271 (1817 — ■ 

 ex Azara : Paraguay). 



No. 2104. <S ad. Sipi : 22.ix.08.— Wing 110; tail 128; 

 bill 25 mm. 



" Iris black, feet grey, bill black." 



Rather small, but not otherwise different from Brazilian 

 examples. 



180. PioNOPsiTTA PULCHRA Berl. 



Pionopsitta pulchra Berlepsch, Ornith. Monatsber. v. p. 175 

 (1897. — San Jose, Rio Dagua, W. Colombia); Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. V. 1898, p. 500 (Cachabi, N.W. Ecuador). 



No. 2016. $ ad. Noanama : 26.viii.08.— Wing 146 ; tail 64 ; 

 bill (with chord) 22 mm. 



" Iris blue-grey, feet dirty yellow, bill white." 



A fine specimen of this rare Parrot, which was discovered 

 on the Rio Dagua by the late Gustav Hopke, and was afterwards 

 met with by Mr. Rosenberg near Cachabi, in the Ecuadoriiin 

 province of Esmeraldas. 



The species is evidently restricted to the hot lowlands of 

 W. Colombia and N.W. Ecuador. It is allied to, but quite 

 distinct from, the Central American P. hcematotis Scl. t Salv. 



181. PiONUS MENSTRUUS Linn. 



Psittacus menstrims Linnteus, Syst. Nat. 12, i. p. 148 (1766 — 

 ex Edwards — hab. ign.— et Brisson : "Guiane," sc. Cayenne). 



Pionus menstnms Sclater &, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 538 

 (Remedios). 



Nos. 2010, 2168, 2169. d' (^ $ ad. Noanama: 25.viii. ; Rio 

 Garrapatas: 8.x. 08.— Wing 180-175; tail 75-80; bill 27- 

 28 mm. 



*_LawreTice's record of P. erythropygius from Chiriqui (Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y. viii. 

 1865, p. 178) is certainly refenible to some other species, perhaps P. torquatus, of 

 which the Munich Museum lias a large series from Boquete. 



t Salvadori & Festa (Boll. Miis. Zool. Torino, xv. no. 368, 1900, p. 23) describe 

 a '• young " bird of P. erytliropygius (from Intac) as having the lower mandible and 

 a distinct culminal stripe black. I cannot help thinking that the specimen in 

 question really belongs to P. e. scuiyuineus, though its occurrence so tar south would 

 be remarkable. 



