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AnADORHYNCHUS 3IARTINICUS, llOlll. 11. 



Uj)per surface and liead blue, chest and rest of under 

 surface oraii^-e. 



Hah. Island of Martinique. Extinct. 



(Ex. Pere Jacques Bouton, Rel. de Tetubliss. d. Francais 

 dep. 1635, en Tile Martinique, pp. 71, 72 ; 1G40.) 



AkA ERYTHKOCEl'HALA, nOUl. 11. 



Head red, rest of body bri<j;-ht iireen. Wings and 

 {greater coverts blue. Tail above scarlet and blue, under- 

 side of tail and Aviiigs intense orange-yellow. 



Hah. Mountains of Trelawny and St. Anne's, Jamaica, 

 procured by Mr. White, proprietor of the Oxford Estate. 

 Extinct. 



(Ex. Gosse, B. Jamaica, pp. 261, 262.) 



Ara gossei, noiii. n. 



Forehead, crown, and back of neck bright yellow, sides 

 of face, anterior and lateral parts of neck and back bright 

 scarlet, wing-coverts and breast deep blood-red, winglet 

 and primaries light blue, tail red and yellow. Basal half of 

 the upper mandible black, apical half ash-coloured ; lower 

 mandible l)lack, tip only ash-coloured. Legs and feet said 

 to have been black. 



Hah. Mountains of Hanover parish, about ten miles 

 east of Lucea, Jamaica. Specimen shot about 176.'), by 

 Mr. Odell. 



(Ex. Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 260.) 



'^" Gosse says : ' If this be not the A. trii-olor of Levaillant, 

 which is the only Macaw I am aware of marked with a 

 yellow nape, it is probably undescribed.' In spite of the 

 evident differences in the description, the Jamaican Ara 

 has alwajs been united with the Cuban A. tricolor, even 

 as lately as Octo])ei-, 1905, by Mr. Austin H. Clark (Auk 

 lUOo, p. -MS), tiiough lie queries it in a footnote. I think 

 that ornithologists will agree with me that the Jamaican 

 bird was distinct. T may also mention that a small 

 Macaw, also supposed to havt been A. tricolor, was found 



