BROTOGERIS. 317 



Genn> BROTOGERIS Vig. 



Bi'otofieris Vigors, Zool. Joui-n. ii. p. 400, lS2o. Type B. pyrrliopterus 

 (Lath.;. 



Ill this geini.« the V)ill is somewhat compressecl. the cere is 

 naked, there is no tufted oil-ghmJ. and the orbital rino- is iu- 

 complete. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Larsrer. tail more than SO mm. : primarv- 



coverts blackish edged %vith gi'een on the 

 outer webs, unifomi in colour \\-ith the 

 rest of the w^ing B. tirica. p. 317. 



B. Smaller, tail less than SO mm. : primai-y- 



coverts orange-yellow in strong conti-ast 



to the rest of the wing, which is green ... B. clirysopterus, p. 31S. 



204. Brotogeris tirica. 

 All-greex Parhakeet. 



Psiffacus tirica Gmel. Syst. Xat. i. p. 351. 17SS (Brazil). 

 Conurus tiriacula Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 727, 1S4S. 

 Brotogerys tiriacula Salvin. Ibis, 1SS6, p. 6S. 

 Brotogerys tirica Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xs. p. 254. 1S91. 

 Brotoqeris tirica BrabomTie it Chubb. B. S. Amer. i. p. b~, no. S20. 

 1912. 



Adult male. Upper wincr-cov erts, scnpnlars, back. rump, ami 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail dark grass-green wi'ii a tinge of 

 bronze-green on the lesser upper wing-coverts : crown of head 

 and nape pale grass-green ; sides of face, throat, breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts apple-gre^m ; under wing-coverts yellowish 

 green ; primary-coverts and primary-quiils dark blue edged on 

 the outer webs of the latter with green, the inner webs of which 

 are for the greater part brown ; lower aspect of quills and tail- 

 featliers dull bluish green. " Bill reddish flesh-colour ; cere 

 whitish ; feet brownish flesh-colour ; iris brown-grey."' 



Total length 225 mm., culmen 18. wing 122, tail 119, tarsus 13. 



Addt female. Like the ailult male. Wing 123 mm. 



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

 the descriptions of the male and female are taken from specimens 

 in the British Museum, collected by Joyiier at Rio Jaiieiio — 

 Alexander Fry Collection. 



Breeding-feason. Unknown in Briii.-ih Guiana. 



Sesl. Unrecorded in Brili.-h (iuiana. 



