1917.J Chapman, Distribution of Bird-life in Colombia. 257 



(736) Ara militaris militaris (Linn.). 



Psittacus militaris Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 139 (no locality; Brabourne & 

 Chubb "suggest Colombia"). 



Ara militaris Cass., Proc. Acad. N. S., 1860, p. 137 (R. Nercua); Scl. & Salv., 

 P. Z. S., 1879, p. 538 (Dept. Antioquia); Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 

 133 (Arihueca; Bonda: Santa Marta). 



Our two specimens are from western Colombia. 

 Los Cisneros, 1; Salencio, 1. 



(739) Ara severa (Linn.). 



Psittacus severus Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 97 ("Habitat in Indiis"; Bra- 

 bourne & Chubb "substitute Colombia"). 



Ara severa Cass., Proc. Acad. N. S., Phila., 1860, p. 137 (R. Nercua); Scl. & 

 Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 538 (Cauca) ; Robinson, Flying Trip, p. 156 (R. Magdalena). 



A common species of the Tropical Zone, particularly in the Cauca Valley, 

 ascending to the lower limits of the Subtropical Zone. 



Cali, 2; La Manuelita, 6; Guengue, 1; Rio Frio, 3; near Salento, 2; 

 Malena, 1; Barrigon, 5; La Morelia, 2. 



(759) Aratinga wagleri (Gray). 



Conurus wagleri Grat, Gen. Bds., II, 1845, p. 413, pi. 102 (Bogotd); Wyatt, 

 Ibis, 1871, p. 381 (Ocana to Bucaramanga) ; Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 538 

 (Medellin); Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 132 (Valparaiso). 



A widely distributed species of the Tropical Zone which ranges upward 

 to the lower border of the succeeding Zone and extends from the Pacific 

 coast to the Cauca and Magdalena Valleys. A specimen from the Pacific 

 coast has the red of the head darker than in other birds of the series. 



Alto Bonito, 1 ; Los Cisneros, 1 ; San Antonio, 5; Cali, 1; La Manuelita, 

 3; Miraflores, 1; La Sierra, 1; Chicoral, 2. 



(762) Aratinga aeruginosa aeruginosa (Linn.). 



Psittacus ceruginosus Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 98 (based on Edwards' Brown- 

 throated Parrakeet, believed to have come from the "West Indies"; I suggest 

 Calamar, lower Magdalena River, Colombia). 



Conurus ceruginosus Wtatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 381 (Cienaga); Robinson, Flying 

 Trip, p. 156 (Barranquilla). 



Aratinga ceruginosa occidentalis Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXVIII, 1915, 

 p. 81 (Rio Hacha). 



