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mantle, scapulars, and lesser upper wino-coverts : crown o£ head 

 blue as is also the lore part ot" the cheeks ; the hinder cheeks 

 whitish at the base o£ the feathers followed bv blue and edoed with 

 lilac; ear-coverts bhiclc, a crimson spot at the base o£ the nostrils; 

 primary-coverts, flight-quills, and tail ultramarine-blue ; base of 

 outer tail-featliers bright red, as are also the under tail-coverts; 

 breast lilac-brown ; abdomen crimson-lilac ; axillaries, under wing- 

 coverts, and quill-lining ultramarine-blue. "Bill greyish black, 

 towards the base of upper mandible yellowish ; feet greyish 

 black ; iris brown-black.*' 



Total length 2J:0 mm., culmen 2C, wing lG-4, tail 7G, tarsus 17. 



Accordino- to Count Salvadori, the female is like the male, but 

 we have examined a series of four males and four females in the 

 British Museum, and observe that the females differ in having 

 the greater upper wing-coverts and outer webs of the secondary- 

 quills green instead of blue or bluish black- AVe notice also that 

 the under wing-coverts and quill-lining in the female are paler 

 and more oreenish blue. AVino- 1G3 mm. 



J3reediri0-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JS^est. A hole in a tall dead kakeralli tree, about forty feet from 

 the ground [Beehe). 



Kygs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



liange in B)-itish Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Makauria River, Abary River {McConnell collection) ; 

 Bartica, Kamarang River (^]] Jdteli/). 



Ed'tralimital Range. Cayenne {P.L. S. J/w7/er), Northern Brazil. 



Habits. Mr. Beebe wiites (Our Search for a Wilderness, 

 p. 344) : — "Among the most interesting birds which we found 

 nesting were the Dusky Parrots. About one hundred yards from 

 ilie clearing we observed two Ked-breasted Parrots fly from a hole 

 about forty feet up in a tall dead kakeralli tree. We watched tlie 

 tree morning and afternoon for several days, often for an hour at a 

 time, but neither saw nor heard anything of the birds. Fearing 

 we liad been deceived in thinking they were nesting, we liad a 

 black cut down the tree, but no sooner had the dust settled from 

 the debris of rotten wood, than a chorus of raucous cries arose, 

 and four young Parrots nearly fledged were gathered into a hat. 

 Tlie quartet showed an interesting sequence of growth, there being 

 several days' difference between each one. The youngest was clad 

 only in quill-like blood-feathei's ; number two iiad the scai)ulars. 



