308 BIRDS OF BRITISH fiUIANA. 



appeared to live quite happily together. In the wild state It 

 flies about in large flocks, constantly uttering its loud and un- 

 pleasant call, and sitting on solitary trees or in the oasis. It takes 

 two to three years to attain its beautiful golden-yellow plumage. 

 According to the natives, it lays three or four eggs and nests in 

 the holeg of trees. The " Macusis " and " Aukunas^' call this bird 

 Kessi-Kessi and the " Warraus '^ Kuyapseh. 



Mr, Barrington Brown (Canoe and Camp Life, p. 312) 

 writes : — "The beautiful little orange, red, and green Parrakeets, 

 called ' Kissi-Kis<i/ are not seen in this part, but frequent the 

 Pacaraima Mountains." 



Mr. C. A. Lloyil, writing on Guiana Parrots, remarks (Timehri 

 (2) ix. p. 27G) : — "The ' Kissie-Kissie ' (Comirus solstitialis) 

 deserves notice as being the most gaudy of all the British Guiana 

 Conures. We have only observed it in the Savannah country, 

 flying high overhead in small flocks. The Indians fiequentlv 

 bring this pretty little species to town for sale, but it does nut 

 appear to thrive in captivity." 



106. Arating-a leucoplithalma. 

 AViiiTE-EYEp Parrot. 



Psitfacus Ipucophthahnv.s P. L, S. Miill. Syst. Nat. SuppI; p. 75, 1776 



(Guiana ). 

 Coniirus fpiianensis Cab. in Schornb. Reis. Guiau. iii. p. 729, IS-IS. 

 Conurus pnvua Salvin, Ibis, 18S6, p. G7. 

 Connrus lotcoplithdlnnis Salvad, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xx. p. 187, 1891 



(British Guiana), 

 Aratinga leucophthalmus Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 92, 



no. 760, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above and below grass-green, rather 

 paler on the under surface, sometimes a few scarlet feathers inter- 

 mixed on the sides of the face; carpal patch, edge of wing, and 

 outer under wing-coverts bright scarlet ; greater series of under 

 wing-coverts yellow ; quill-lining and under surface of tail old- 

 gold yellow. " Bill yellowish flesh-colour : nakfd skin round the 

 eyes a.shy flesh-colour ; feet dusky." 



Total length 301 mm., culmen 25, wing 159, tail 133, tarsus 16. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, 

 and the description of the male is taken from an example in the 

 British Museum collected in British Guiana — Sclater collection. 



Advlt female. Differs from the adult male in the absence of the 



