AMAZONA. ,S21 



1848; Brown, Canoe and Camp Life, p. 327, 1S7G (Corentyue 



River). 

 Chrysofis amazoiu'ca Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 69 (Camacusa, Tioraima, 



3500 ft.); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 2S3, 1891 (Takutu 



River) ; Lloyd, Timehri (2) ix. p. 271, 1895. 

 Amazona amazonica Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 89, no. 836, 



1912. 



"Screecher" {Brown, Lloyd). 



Adult female. General colour above and below green with dark 

 edges to the feathers on the nape, hind-neck, and sides of neck ; 

 fore part of head and edge oE wings pale yellow ; sides of face 

 orange-yellow ; the three outer secondary-quills bright scarlet on 

 the outer webs ; apical portion of flight-quills black ; tail for the 

 most part green, much paler at the tip, the outer feathers rod on 

 the basal portion of the inner webs and a subterminal red band. 

 " Bill light horn-colour, with the tip dusky ; feet dusky ; iris red- 

 orange." 



Total length 310 mm., culmen 31, wing 185, tail 94, tarsus 23. 



The female described was collected on the Abary River in 

 September 1907. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female in the colour of the 

 plumage. Wing 200 mm. 



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

 British Museum, collected by Whitely at Mount Uoraima on 

 January 4th, 1882 — Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breeding- season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. The nest is made in the holes of hollow trees 

 [Schomhurgh) . 



Eygs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Sui)enaam River. 

 Bartica, Bonasika River, Abary River (^McConnell collection) ; 

 AVaini River {Schomburgk) ; Corentyne River, Parua Island 

 (Brown) ; Kamakusa, Mount Roraima, 3500 ft., Takutu River 

 ( Whitelg). 



Extralimital Range. Surinam (Linn<^), Trinidad, Venezuela, 

 Colombia, Eastern Peru, Brazil. 



[faints. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 725) 

 this is the commonest Parrot in British (iuiana. It j>r('r('rs the 

 coast-woods to those iidand, and is very fond of climbing al>out in 

 the Avicenna })uslics. In the morning innumerable birds start out 

 in pairs lo their feeding-grounds, Hying very liigli and uttoriiig 



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