ToriT. 337 



]>lui'nao-e, but apparently smaller. Wing- 107 mm. "Iris sherry- 

 coloured; legs jellow-brown." 



The description of the female is taken from an examjile in the 

 British Museum, collected in Trinidad on December the 29th, 

 1905, and presented by Mr. CoUingwood Ingram. 



Although there is a fair number of specimens, of this species, 

 in the National Collection, this is the only one that has the sex 

 identified. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



i\est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



J^g'js. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Ranf/e in British Guiana. Supenaam Biver, Mazaruni Biver 

 {McConnell collection) ; Groete Creek (('. A. Lloyd). 



Extralimital Range. Trinidad, Venezuela. 



Habits. Regarding this species Mr. C.A. Llovd writes (Timeliri 

 (2) ix. p. 272) : — " Urochroma cingulata is a perfect gem, and 

 is known to the ' Bovianders* as the 'Seven-coloured Parakeet,' 

 It was once very plentiful in the neighbourhood of Groete Creek, 

 but of late years its numbers have from some unkno^vn cause 

 become greatly diminished." 



217. Touit purpurata. 

 Purple GuiA>rA Parrot. 



Psitfacus puvjntratus Gmel. Syst. Xat. i. p. 850, 1788 (Cayenne); Cab. 



in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 723, iSlS. 

 Urochroma purpurata Salvin, Ibis, 18S6, p. 70 (Partica Grove, liorairaa) ; 



Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 3-53, 1891 ; Brabounie & Chubb, 



B. S. Amer. i. p. 93, no. 883, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour above and below green ; lower 

 back dark blue, small scapulars brown, outer tail-feathers red 

 tipped with black ; crown of head Ijrown, inclining to yellowish 

 green on nape and sides of the neck; edge of wing purple; sides 

 of body inclining to golden yellow ; long under tail-coverts green 

 and equal to the length of the tail. '• Bill lead-colour, yellow 

 towards the tip ; feet grey." 



Total length 170 nun., culmen 1.5, wing 122, tail 40, tarsus 10. 



Adult female. Differs fn^m the male in having the lateral tail- 

 fcatbers subterniinally Ijantlcd with green and tip|)ed with black. 

 Wing 110 nnn. 



