268 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Adults (sexes alike).— Anterior portion of forehead (more or less 

 broadly), sometimes also upper edge of feathering beneath orbits, 

 dull white; crown dull bluish green or greenish blue (french green to 

 gobelin blue), passing into parrot green on hindneck, the feathers 

 margined terminally with black, their black edgings much broader on 

 lower hindneck; rest of upper parts bright parrot green, lighter and 

 more yellowish green on upper tail-coverts, the alulae, primary 

 coverts, and primaries light greenish blue (cendre blue or motmot 

 blue), the inner webs of primaries dull black; middle pair of rectrices 

 bright parrot green, paler and more yellowish at tip; next pair with 

 outer webs similar, the inner webs with inner half (more or less) 

 greenish yellow, flecked, more or less with red on proximal portion, 

 the other rectrices with basal two-thirds (approximately) red, the 

 terminal third clear yellowish green, the outer webs with both the red 

 and green darker, that of the outermost rectrix mostly (sometimes 

 wholly) light greenish blue; rictal and suborbital regions (sometimes 

 auricular region also) light dull bluish green, the feathers narrowly 

 tipped with black, the upper margin of the suborbital region often 

 dull white, sometimes flecked or tinged with pale red; auricular 

 region sometimes blackish, forming a more or less conspicuous spot 

 on side of head; malar region, throat, and contiguous portion of sides 

 of neck light brownish red or deep vinaceous, the feathers more or 

 less distinctly margined with light yellowish green, those on sides of 

 neck rather broadly tipped with black; rest of under parts clear light 

 yellowish green (calliste green) sometimes tinged with light bluish 

 green (cendre green), the thighs pale bluish green, the feathers of 

 chest, etc., sometimes indistinctly margined with dusky; smaller 

 under wing-coverts clear light yellowish green, the carpo-metacarpal 

 edge of wing very pale yellowish green; under primary coverts and 

 under surface of remiges dull bluish green, the primaries with nar- 

 rowed distal portion and a broad stripe next to shaft on proximal por- 

 tion dusky; bill brownish or olivaceous yellow; legs and feet yellowish 

 brown (in dried skins). 



Young. — Similar to adults but with much less of vinaceous on 

 throat. 



Adult male. — Length (skins),273-294 (284) ; wing, 178-188.5 (183.7); 

 tail, 96-103.5 (100.3); culmen, 22.5-27 (25.5); tarsus, 19-21 (20.2); 

 outer anterior toe, 25-28 (26.5).° 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 270-297 (279); wing, 171.5-182.5 

 (175.5); tail, 91-104 (95.8); culmen, 23.5-25.5 (24.4); tarsus, 19-20 

 (19.6); outer anterior toe, 23.5-26.5 (25.2).° 



Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles (Spanishtown; Moneague; St. 

 Anns; Goshens; Priestmans River). 



Ten specimens. 



