ARATTXGA. 309 



scarlet on the edge and bend of the wino-. Wino'-measuremeiit 

 172 mm. The female from which the description is taken is also 

 in the National Collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. The same as other Conures {Scliomhurgk) » 



Eggs. Three or four in number [Schomhurgk). 



Range in British Guiana. Oasis of the Savannas (Schomhurgk) > 



Kxtralimital Range. Trinidad, (.'olombia, Ecuador, Eastern 

 Peru, Bolivia. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 729) that lie 

 first met with this beautiful bird in the oasis of the Savannas. 

 Its mode of life and habits are the same as those of the other 

 Conures. It also lavs three or four eo-gs. 



197. Arating'a eertiginosa. 



Browx-throatkd Parrot. 



Psittacns ceruginosus Linn. Sj'st; Xat. 10th ed. i. p. 98, 1758 (Cayenne). 

 Comirus jjei'tinax (nee Linn.), Cab. in Sehomb. Reis. Guian. iii^ p. 72S, 



1848; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p- 68 (Roraima, 3500 ft.). 

 Conurus ceruginosiis Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 195, 1891 (Quonga). 

 Aratinga ceriiginosns Brabourne & Chubb, B. S^ Amer. i. p. 82, no. 762, 



1912. 



Adult male. General colour of the upper surface green ; flighr- 

 quills blue towards the tips, with the margins of the inner webs 

 brown ; a tinge of blue on the fore part of the head ; base of fore- 

 liead, a line over the eye, and sides of face orange ; throat and 

 breast yellowish olive-green ; remainder of the Under surface 

 yellowish green ; lower abdomen orange. 



Total length 238 mm., culmen 20, wing 13G, tail 105, tarsus 14, 

 middle toe and claw 23. 



The male from which the description is taken was ooUocted at 

 Perth on the Esseqnebo River. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but ditfei's in the 

 absence of the orange patch on the sides of the fae(^ and the 

 gfueral colour of the plumage not so bright. Wing 139 nun. 



Tiie d(!Scription of the female is taken from an exan-iph; collected 

 on th(; Abary River. 



Jireeding-seasnn. Unknown in British Guiana. 



uYeJit. Unrecorde<| in I'ritish (»Tiiann. 



K'f'is. I.'ndoscr'ibeil fi-oin Britisli (Juiana. 



