B1BDS 0]? NORTH AND MIDDLE AMEBICA. 167 



Conurus pertinax xanthogenius Hartert, Novit. Zool., ix, July 25, 1902, 302 (Bon- 

 aire; crit.). 



Conurus pertinax (not Psittaeus pertinax Linnaeus) Finsoh, Die Papag., i, 1867, 

 506, part.— -Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xx, 1891, 197, part.— Dubois, 

 Synop. Avium, 1899, 12, part. 



EUPSITTULA PERTINAX ARUBENSIS (Hartert). 



ARUBA PAROQUET. 



Similar to E. p. seruginosus a but orbital region (especially be- 

 neath eyes) dull orange-yellow (antimony yellow to yellow ocher), 

 crown less strongly bluish (the blue, if present, lighter), and color of 

 malar region, chest, etc., lighter (ecru-olive to dark olive-buff instead 

 of buffy citrine or saccardos olive). 



Adultmale.— Length (skins), 248-251 (249.5); wing, 136-136.5(136.2); 

 tail, 113.5-121 (117.2); cuhnen, 19; tarsus, 13.5-14 (13.7); outer 

 anterior toe, 18-18.5 (18.2). 6 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 238; wing, 133.5-141 (137.2); tail, 

 112.5-117.5 (115); cuhnen, 18.5-19.5 (19); tarsus, 14-14.5 (14.2); 

 outer anterior toe, 18-18.5 (18.2). 6 



Island of Aruba, Dutch West Indies. 



C[onurus] ssruginosus (not Psittaeus seruginosus Linnaeus) Hartert, Bull. Brit. 



Orn. Club, no. iii, 1892, p. xii (Aruba Island). 

 Ccmurus arubensis Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. iv, Dec. 31, 1892, p. xvi 



(Island of Aruba, Dutch West Indies; coll. Tring Mus.?); Ibis, 1893, 300 



(crit.; habits). 

 [Conurus] arubensis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 16. 

 Ccmurus seruginosus arubensis Hartert, Novit. Zool., ix, July 25, 1902, 301 (crit.; 



habits). 

 Conurus seruginosus arubensis Cory, Pub. 137, Field Mus. N. H., 1909, 199 (crit.). 



EUPSITTULA OCULARIS (Sclater and Salvin). 



VEBAGTJA PAROQUET. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Above deep apple green passing into dull 

 bluish green or tinged with paris green on pileum; distal secondaries 

 and proximal primaries passing into dull blue or greenish blue (dull 

 cerulean blue to dull beryl green) distally, the primaries margined 

 terminally with blackish; loral, lower part of suborbital, auricular, 

 and malar regions, chin, and upper throat, plain light grayish brown 

 (buffy hair brown), passing into a paler and more buffy or yellowish 

 hue on lower throat, foreneck, upper chest, and sides of neck; an 

 elongated, subcrescentic, patch of orange-yellow (deep chrome to 

 orange-buff) immediately beneath bare orbital space, its posterior 

 extremity acute; breast, sides, flanks, and under tail-covets clear 

 yellowish apple green, passing into greenish yellow on abdomen, the 

 yellow usually deeper or purer (nearly pure lemon yellow) on lower 



° See p. 163. & Two specimens. 



