AMAZONA. 823 



Adult female. Upper and under surface green witli dark edges 

 to the feathers on the nape, hind-neck, sca})ulai-s, sides of neck, 

 liinder nheeks, fore-neck, breast, and abdomen ; fore part of head 

 vedow ; outer secondaries green on the outer webs next to the 

 wing-speculum and blue at the tips, the inner ones green on the outer 

 webs as also at the tips, the innermost secondaries entirely green ; 

 carpal edge of the wing and outer webs of the outer secondary-quills 

 bright red ; the apical portion of flight-quills has the outer webs 

 blue and the inner ones black ; tail green, })aler at the tip, basal 

 portion of the outer feathers red. " Bill blackish with the b;ise 

 of the upper mandible flesh-colour ; feet dark grey ; iris red, with 

 an inner yellow ring.'"' 



Total length 353 mm., culmen 34, wing 220, tail 121, 

 tarsus 23. 



The female from which the descri})tion is taken was collected 

 on the Aljary liiver in September 1907. 



Adult nude. Similar to the adult female, but does not show the 

 dark edges to the feathers to the same extent as mentioned in 

 the description of the female. Wing 208 mm. 



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

 British Museum, collected by Mr. F. V. McConnell on the 

 Knpununi Savannas and presented to the National Collection. 



Ureedinf/season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JS^est. "These birds usually nest in hollows in the tops of the 

 tallest and most inaccessible trees. The entrance is rectangular, 

 about three by six inches, and some five feet above the ground " 

 (Beebe). 



Eggs. "Three white eggs" (Beehe). 



h'ange in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Kiver, Abary l\iver 

 [McConnell collection) ; Barima Biver {Beehe); Jiarlica, Kaiuakusa 

 {Whitelij); Georgetown [Qnelch). 



JC.ctralinulal Range. Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, 

 Eastern Peru. 



Ifahits. Schondjurgk states (Reis. Guiaii. iii. j). 721) that Ibis 

 bird is common in British (Guiana and a large nnndx-i" are kept in 

 coidiiicMicnt by the Indians. They lake it from (luMiest when very 

 young and carclidly nurse it. These; l)irds, as W(dl as moidv(;ys, are 

 considered im[)ortant aiticles ol' Irade. Some of tlie birds' wings 

 are usually cut, and the birds arc then allowed lo go <|iu(e free 

 about the settlement — some, howeverj arc not pinioned, and these 



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