PIONOPSITTAOUS. 597 



1. Fionopsittacus haematotis. 



Pionus hcematotis, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 300 ' ; Ibis, 1860, p. 401, t. 13 » j Salv. Ibis, 1861, 



p. 147 ' ; Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 366 *. 

 Pionius hcematotis, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 131 '. 

 Caica hamatotis, Scl.V.Z.S. 1862, -p. 20' ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 158'; Ibis, 1871, p. 96' j 1874, 



p. 329 ' ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837 '" ; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, 



p. 124". 

 Fionopsittacus hcematotis, Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 343 '^ 

 Pionopsitta hamatotis, Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 520 ". 



Viridis, torque ccrvicali et pectore oleagineo tinotis, pileo et nuclia fuscis, plumis singulis rufo-brunneo marginatis, 

 margine frontali et loris albis ; capitis lateribus et gula nigricanti-fuscis ; teetricibus auricularibus 

 sanguineis ; bypoohondriis, axillaribus et teetricibus subalaribus juxta humeros cocciueis ; margine alarum 

 et alula spuria saturate cyaneis, remigibus nigris cervino stricte limbatis ; secundariis et teetricibus mediis 

 extrorsum viridibus introrsum cyaneis ; cauda viridi, apice cyanea, rectricibus lateralibus ad basin coccineis ; 

 rostro fiavido ; pedibus carneis. Long, tota circa 8-5, alte 60, caudse 2-4, rostri culminis I'O, tarsi 0-6. 

 (Descr. exempl. typ. ex Raxche, Vera Paz, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



$ mari similis, sed omnino pallidior. 



Bab. Mexico, San Lorenzo near Cordova (Ferrari-Perez), Playa Vicente {Boucard ^) ; 

 Beitish Hoxdueas, Orange Walk [G. F. Oaumer) ; Guatemala, Raxche ^, Choctum, 

 Yaxcamnal, Sources of E. Sarstoon near Chimuchuch {0. S. & F.D. G.^); 

 Honduras, San Pedro (G. M. WMtely'^^); Costa Eica, Eio Frio {Richmond '^^ 

 Angostura {Carmiol^), Pacuare (Carmiol^, Zeledon ^^, v. Frantzius'^), Naranjo de 

 Cartago {Zeledon ^'^); Panama, Santa Fe {Arc6% Veraguas {Merritt^). 



This species belongs to the section of the genus in which the inner webs of the 

 outer tail-feathers are red and not yellow, the axillaries are bright scarlet, and the ear- 

 coverts red. The only other Parrot having these characters is P. coccineicollaris, which 

 differs as stated under the account of that bird. 



Originally discovered in the forests of the mountains of Vera Paz, and subsequently 

 traced to the lower districts of the same department, it is now known to occur in 

 Southern Mexico, where Boucard met with it near Playa Vicente ^ and more recently 

 Don F. Ferrari-Perez near Cordova, but where it is apparently very rare. A single 

 specimen was also procured by Dr. Gaumer at Orange Walk in British Honduras. It 

 occurs also near San Pedro in the Republic of Honduras ^^, and in greater abundance in 

 Costa Rica. In the last-named country Mr. Eichmond observed a flock of a dozen in a 

 fruit-tree on the Rio Frio ^^. The birds were quite quiet, making no noise even after 

 being shot at several times. 



Our own experience of P. hcematotis was very similar, and specimens were very 

 difficult to secure, and remaining so still in the lofty trees of the forest they were hard 

 to discover in the foliage and could seldom be shot at so great a height. 



