310 BIRDS OY BRITISH GUIAXA. 



Ramie in Brltisli (Jiiiaiia. Mount Eoralma. Upper Takntu 

 Mountains, Bonnsika River, Abary River [Mr Conned collection) ; 

 Savannas [Schnmburgk) ; Quonga {W/iiteli/). 



Ji.rtraUinitul Range. North Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia. 



Habits. Scboinburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 728) that small 

 flocks of this species are found on the Savannas only, where they 

 fl}- about uttering their loud and clear calls, settling now and then 

 on solitary trees or in the oasis. It lavs more than two eggs, 

 Mhich is a peculiarity apparently common to the species of this 

 genus. The "■ ^lacusis " call it I'urnili-Tinnili. 



198. Aratinga aurea. 



GoLKEN-CIiOWNEI) FaHRuT. 



Psittacus avreiis Gmel. Syst. Xat. i. p. 329. 17SS (Brazil). 



C'omims canicularis (nee Linn, i, Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. 



p. 728, 18.18. 

 Conums aureus Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 68 ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



XX. p. 199. 1891. 

 Arutinga aureus Braboume it Chubb. B. S. Amer. i. p. 82. no. 766, 



1912. 



Adult male. General colour above green, including the hind- 

 neck, entire back, upper v.ing-coverts, scapulars, and tail ; a line 

 from the lores over the eve and hinder part of the head l^luish : 

 tips of j-rimary-covcrts, tips of primary-quiils, and outer webs of 

 secondaries tinged with blue; forehead and a ring encircling the 

 eye orange-yellow ; fore part of cheeks, chin, and throat olive- 

 brown ; abdomen, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts 

 vellowi-sh green. " Naked skin round the eve gi'ev ; bill and 

 feet blackish ; iris yellow-orange." 



Total length 2G5 mm., culmen 17, wing 150, tail 154, tarsus 10. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, but apparently rather 

 smaller. ^Ving 1-42 mm. 



This species is not represented in the Mc( 'onnell collection, and 

 the specimens described are in the British Museum. The male wa.s 

 collected at Bahia l)y Dr. Wucherer — Salvin-Godman collection, 

 and the fr'inale at ^latto Grosso by H. H. Smith. 



Breeding. season. Unknown in British (Tuiana. 



2se.<t. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



F.ggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Unrecorded. 



h.vtraliinital Ranae. Brazil. Bolivia. Parairuav. 



