BIftDS OE NORTH AHD MIDDLE AMERICA. 



165 



Adult maZe— Length (skins), 233-247 (239); wing, 136.5-146.5 

 (141.1); tail, 113-118.5 (115.6); culmen, 19-20.5 (19.7); tarsus, 

 14-14.5 (14.4); outer anterior toe, 18-19 (18.2).° 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 228-254 (244); wing, 138-148.5 

 (142.1); tail, 121-127 (123.6); culmen, 18.5-19.5 (18.9) ; tarsus, 14-15 

 (14.3); outer anterior toe, 17.5-18.5 (18).° 



Island of Curacao, Dutch West Indies; island of St. Thomas, Greater 

 Antilles (introduced?). 



[Psittacus] pertinax Linn^tjs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 98, no. 10 ("Indiis;'* 

 based on Psittacus macrourus viridis, genis julvis, remigibus rectricibusque 

 canescentttms Mus. Ad. Fr., i, 14); ed. 12, i, 1766, 142 ("America"). — Gmemn, 

 Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 322.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 94. 

 Psittacus pertinax Bechstein, Lathams Uebers. Vogel, i, 1793, 196, 700. — Tem- 

 minck, Cat. Syst., 1807, 25 and note (app.), p. 7 (includes Illinois Parraheet 

 Latham, Synopsis Birds, i, 228). — Shaw, Gen. Zool., viii, pt. 2, 1811, 445.— 

 Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxv, 1817, 360 (cites PI. Enl., pi. 528); 

 Tabl. Enc. Meth., iii, 1823, 1395.— Ktjhl, Consp. Psitt., 1820, 24— KtJster, 



Orn. Connect. 

 Atlas, Papag., 1837, 86, pi. 66.— Thienemann, Portpfl. d. ges. V6g., 1846, 75. 

 Ps[ittaeus] pertinax Bechstein, Kurze Uebers., 1811, 72. 

 Aratinga pertinax Spix, Av. Bras., i, 1824, 37. — Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool., 



xiv, 1826, 132.— Brehm, Mon. Papag., 1842, pi. 29. 

 S[ittace] pertinax Waqler, Mon. Psitt., 1832, 652, 730, part. — Hartlatjb, Syst. 



Verz., 1844, 86 ("Brasilien"). 

 C[onurus\ pertinax Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1845, 413. 



Conurus pertinax Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 150; Naumannia, 1856 

 (Consp. Psitt., no. 66).— Soilance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1856, 60 ("Bresil "). 

 — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 348, part. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, iii, 

 no. 26 (Psittaci), 20; no. 38 (Revue), 1874, 5.— Finsch, Die Papag., i, 1867, 

 506, part/ — Russ, Journ. fur Orn., 1869, 82. — Cabanis, Journ. fur Orn., 

 1879, 222.— Reichenow, Joum. fur Orn., 1881, 282 (monogr.); Consp. Psitt., 

 1881, 171.— Marschall, Papag., 1889, 55. — Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xx, 1891, 197 (St. Thomas, Greater Antilles); Ibis, 1906, 457.— Ber- 

 lepsch, Journ. fur Orn., 1892, 88 (Curacao). — Peters, Journ. fur Orn., 1892, 

 112 (Curacao; habits).— Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 101, 141 (St. 

 Thomas; Curacao); Pub. 137, Field Mus. N. H., 1909, 206 (Curacao; crit.; 

 descr. nest). — Hartert, Ibis, 1893, 320 (Curacao; crit.; habits); Novit. Zool., 

 ix, 1902, 301 (Curacao; crit.).— Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xvi, 1905, 

 15 (Curacao; St. Thomas). 



a Six specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Oil- 

 men. 



Tarsus. 



Outer 



anterior 



toe. 



MALES. 



Six adult males from Curacao 



One adult male from St. Thomas 



FEMALES. 



Six adult females from Curacao 



One adult female from St. Thomas 



Ten adults (sex undetermined) from St. Thomas 



141.1 

 139 



142.1 

 133.5 

 139.1 



113.3 

 108 



123.6 



117 



110.2 



19.7 

 19.5 



18.9 

 19.5 

 19.1 



14.4 



18.2 



14.: 

 13 

 13. i 



18 



18.5 



17.4 



