598 PSITTACID^. 



2. Fionopsittacus coccineicollaris. 



Pionm luBmatotis, ? var., Lawr. Ana. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 399 (nee Scl. & Salv.)'. 



Caica hmmatotis, Sel. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 368 "; Salv. Ibis, 1871, p. 96 (partim) '. 



Pionius coccineicollaris, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 475 *. 



Fionopsittacus coccineicollaris, Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 344 °. 



P. hcematoii similis, sed pectore summo plumis rosaceo-rubris notato, pilei plumis baud rufo-brunneo marginatis 

 vix distinguendus. (Descr. maris ex Lion Hill, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Rab. Panama, Lion Hill (M'^Leannan ^ ^ ^), Paraiso Station (Hughes). 



We have long been reluctant to admit the distinctness of this bird from P. hcematotis, 

 so closely are they allied ; but we do so now rather out of deference to Count 

 Salvadori's opinion. The most obvious distinction is the presence of rose-red feathers 

 across the throat, but these are not always to be seen ; a more certain difference, but 

 one that is not easily detected, is the edging of the feathers of the crown, which is olive- 

 brown rather than red-brown. There is white about the chin, which may or may not 

 be constant. 



P. coccineicollaris is only found, so far as we know as yet, on the Isthmus of Panama, 

 where it is crossed by the railway. A little further to the westward, at Santa Fe, the 

 true P. hcematotis is found. 



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