AMAZONA. 327 



and the description is taken from a specimen in the British 

 Museum collected by Mr. W. L, Sclater on the Barima River — 

 Sclater collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Kest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs, Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Barima River ( TT^, L. /Sclater). 



JExtralimital Range. Venezuela. 



HaUts. Mr. G. A. Lloyd writes (Timehri (2) ix. p. 272) :— 

 " The Red-backed Parrot, C. bodini, is a very rare bird in British 

 Guiana, but we are told that it is common enough in Brazil. We 

 have only seen a few specimens of this fine Parrot, and they were 

 all in a domesticated state." 



211. Amazona festiva. 



Festive Amazon, 



Psiifacus fesfii'us Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. i. p. 101, 175S (Guiana) ; 



Cab. in Scliomb. lieis. Guian. iii. p. 72-1, 18J;8. 

 Clirysotis festica Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 68 ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



XX. p. 307, 1891. 

 Amazona festica Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 90, no. 852, 



1912. 



Adult. General colour above and below green ; fore part of 

 head red, more or less tinged with pale green, with a wash of blue 

 over the hinder part of the head which extends on to the sides of 

 the crown, where it is more pronounced ; lower back and rump 

 bright red ; primary-(juins blackish, more or less blue on the 

 outer webs ; throat also tinged with blue. "" Bill and feet dusky ; 

 iris yellow-orange.^' 



Total length 315 mm., culmen 28, wing 185, tail 102, tarsus 19. 



We do not know the exact locality, in British Guiana, of tho 

 specimen from which the description is taken. 



Adult male. General colour above and below green ; l)astard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish tinged with blue on tho 

 outer webs of the primaries, outer webs of secondaries green with 

 blue at the tips ; innermost secondaries green like the back ; lower 

 back and riiiiip bright scai'let ; upper tail-coverts and tips of tail- 

 feathers yellowish green ; outermost ]iair of tail-feathers dull red at 

 the base ^ni the outer web, and edged wiili purplish bluo; base o\ 



