320 BIRDS OF BRITISH GI'IANA. 



Adult male. General colour above and below green ; outer 

 primary black, the remainder of the primary-quills black on tbe 

 apical portion, and the inner webs of the secondary-quills also 

 black ; edge of wing and outer webs of the four outer 

 secondary-quills bright scarlet ; tail paler green at tlie tip and 

 inclining to yellow on the inner webs of the feathers on tlie 

 aj)ical portion ; the feathers on the nape and hind-neck have dark 

 edges; middle of crown yellow. " Bill horn-colour ; feet blackish- 

 grey. 



Total length 410 mm., culmen 40, wing 242, tail KiO, 

 tarsus 2G. 



The description of the male is based on an example collected on 

 the Abary River in July 1906. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male in most respects, but 

 differs in tbe absence of the yellow patch on the crown of the 

 head. Wino- 220 mm. 



The female described is in the British Museum and was 

 collected Ijy Whitely at Bartica, tSeptendjer 19th, 1^79 — Salvin- 

 Godman Collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JS^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Efjgs. Undescribed from Brifish Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Bartica, Kamakabra 

 River, Bonasika River, Abary River, Gorentyne River (McCouneJl 

 collection)', Bartica, Kamakusa {Wldtelij)\ Hoorie River, Moruka 

 River, Pomeroon River {Beehe). 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne {Boddaert), Surinam (Penard), 

 ^orth Brazil. 



Hahifs. According to Schom})urgk (Reis. Guian. iii. j). 724) 

 this is one of the largest of the Parrots as well as one of rlie mo-^t 

 common birds in the C'olony. The " Macusis *' call it ]\'orokeh 

 and the " Warraus" Tvrom. 



]\Ir. ( '. A. Lloyd, writing on some Guiana Parrots, remarks 

 (Timehi-i (2) ix. p. 271) : — "The ' Saurama' {(J. farinosa) is one 

 of the largest of its genus found in this part of Guiana."' 



207. Amazona amazonica. 

 Orange- WINGED Amazon. 



Px/f/fict's omrizoniciis Linn. Syst. Xat. 12th ed. i. p. 147, 17GG (Surinam). 

 Fsitiacits asticus (uec Linn. J, Cab. in Schoiub. IJci;-. (Juian. iii. p. 72-3, 



