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Genus 7. Tapera Thunberg \ 66 



29. Tapera nsevia excellens (Sclater) 67 



Genus 8. Morococcyx Sclater 70 



30. Morococcyx erythropygus erythropygus (Lesson) 71 



31. Morococcyx erythropygus mexicanus Ridgway 73 



Genus 9. Geococcyx Wagler -^ 74 



Key to the Species of Geococcyx 75 



32. Geococcyx californianus (Lesson) 75 



33. Geococcyx affinis Hartlaub ' 80 



Genus 10. Neomorphus Gloger 83 



34. Neomorphus salvini Sclater 84 



Genus 11. Dromococcyx Maximilian 85 



Key to the Species of Dromococcyx 87 



35. Dromococcyx phasianellus (Spix) 87 



Genus 12. Crotophaga Linnasus 90 



Key to the Species of Crotophaga 91 



36. Crotophaga major Gmelin 92 



37. Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson 94 



38. Crotophaga ani Linnaeus 97 



Order Psittaciformes. Parrot-like Birds 103 



Key to the Families of Psittaciformes 105 



Family Psittacid^e. Typical Parrots 106 



Key to the Subfamilies of Psittacidse 107 



Key to the American Genera of Psittacidae 108 



Genus 1. Anodorhynchus Spix 117 



Key to the Species of Anodorhynchus '. 118 



1. Anodorhynchus purpurascens Rothschild 119 



Genus 2. Ara Lacepede 119 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Ara..' 121 



2. Ara ararauna (Linnaeus) 7. 122 



3. Ara martinica (Rothschild) 125 



4. Ara erythrura Rothschild 125 



5. Ara chloroptera Gray 125 



6. Ara macao (Linnaeus) 128 



7. Ara guadeloupensis A. H. Clark 131 



8. Ara militaris mexicana Ridgway 132 



9. Ara ambigua (Bechstein) 134 



10. Ara tricolor Bechstein 136 



11. Ara gossei Rothschild 137 



12. Arasevera (Linnaeus) 138 



13. Ara erythrocephala Rothschild * 140 



Genus 3. Rhynchopsitta Bonaparte 140 



14. Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha (Swainson) 141 



Genus 4. Conuropsis Salvadori 143 



15. Conuropsis carolinensis carolinensis (Linnaeus) 144 



16. Conuropsis carolinensis ludovicianus (Linnaeus) 147 



Crenus 5. Aratinga Spix 150 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Aratinga 151 



17. Aratinga finschi (Salvin) 152 



18. Aratinga chloroptera chloroptera (Souanc6) 153 



19. Aratinga chloroptera maugei (Souanc6) 155 



1 This becomes Oeoeoccyx velox (A. Wagner). See Addenda, p. 502. 



