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[ChrysotU] finschi Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 165, no. 8337.— Sclater and Salvin, 



Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 113.— Forbes and Robinson, Bull. Liverpool Mus., 



i, no. 1, 1897, 31 (Sierra de Alica and La Laguna). 

 C[hrysotyi] finschi Lawrence, Ibis, 1871, 250 (Mazatlan; Colima; crit.). 

 Chrysotis ftnschii Lawrence, Mem. Boat. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 296 (Mazatlan; Rio 



de la Armeria; habits). 

 Androglossa finschi Reichenow, Journ. fur Orn., 1881, 373 (monogr.); Consp. 



Psitt., 1882, 213. 

 A[mazona] finschi Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 587; 2d ed., 1896, 595. 

 Amazona finschi Jouy, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 786 (Barranca Veltran, 



Jalisco).— Miller (W. DeW.), Bull. Am. Mus. N. H.,.xxi, 1905, 348 (Cosala, 



Escuinapa, etc., s. Sinaloa).— Bailey (H. H.), Auk, xxiii, 1906, 387 (San 



Bias, Tepic; habits). 

 [Amazona] finschi Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 21. 

 Chrysotis diademata (not Psitiacus diadema Spix) Giebel, Thesaurus Orn., i, 1872, 



681, part. 



AMAZONA ORATRLX ORATRK Ridgway. 



DOUBLE YELLOW-HEAD PARROT. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Forehead and crown pale yellow; rest of 

 head, together with greater part of neck (all round) deeper yellow, 

 deepest (rich chrome yellow) on occiput and hindneck, the latter, 

 as well as lower foreneck, sometimes more or less intermixed with 

 red; general color of remaining upper parts bright yellowish parrot 

 green, the larger wing-coverts and proximal secondaries more or less 

 distinctly edged with lighter and more yellowish green or greenish 

 yellow, the scapulars and interscapulars more or less distinctly mar- 

 gined terminally with black; upper tail-coverts bright light yellow- 

 ish green; proximal two-thirds (more or less) of tail deep parrot 

 green, the distal third bright light yellowish green; four outermost 

 rectrices (on each side) with proximal third (approximately) of inner 

 web pure poppy red, passing into yellow basally and on inner edge, 

 the corresponding part of outer web (except outermost rectrix) with 

 a narrow space of yellow or mixed red and yellow, near shaft; outer 

 web of lateral rectrix with proximal two-thirds deep green, passing 

 into dark blue on edge; four outer secondaries with outer webs pure 

 poppy red, except extreme basal portion (concealed), which is yellow 

 and pale green, and terminal portion, which is first yellow, then 

 dark violet-blue, or blue-black tinged with blue, the fifth (from out- 

 side) with middle portion red, then green (extensively) and dark 

 violet-blue terminally; basal half (approximately) of primaries clear 

 parrot green, the distal half dark violet-blue or black tinged with 

 dark violet-blue, the inner webs dull slate-black; under parts of body 

 clear light yellowish green, the feathers of chest, breast, sides, and 

 upper abdomen with narrow terminal margins of black (very indis- 

 tinct posteriorly); under tail-coverts vivid light yellowish green; 

 thighs clear chrome yellow, sometimes flecked with red on lower 

 anterior portion, the outer side tinged, more or less, with green; 

 smaller under wing-coverts light yellowish green (sometimes inter- 



