Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 481 



coverts yellowish-green ; a large portion of quills deep blue ; 

 forehead salmon red. Come/ us canicularis, $ , 9 • 



bb. No red on forehead. 



c. Ear-coverts deep scarlet ; no blue on inner webs of primaries 

 towards tips. Pyrhurra hoffmanni hoff~manm\ 6* > 9 • 



cc. Ear-coverts same color as rest of head. 



d. Lower parts decidedly golden-brownish ; primaries with blue 



on both webs towards tips. Conurus aztec, $ , 9 • 



del. Lower parts plain apple green or yellowish-green (never 



brownish), vith or without dusky bars on sides and flanks. 



e. Nape, back, rump, upper tail -coverts, sides, and flanks 



barred with blackish ; shoulders glossy black. 



Bolborhynchus lineatus, $ , 9 • 

 ee. No dusky barring ; chin salmon-red ; wing-coverts golden- 

 brown ; shoulders green. Brotogerys jugularis, g , 9 • 



Family PSITTACIDyE. 

 183. Ara macao (Linnaeus). 



(Native name " Lapa.") 



Psittacus macao LlNN^US, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, 1766, 139. 



Ara macao BouCARD, P. Z. S., 1878, 46 (San Carlos). — Nutting, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., V, 18S2, 402 (La Palma de Nicoya). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. 



de C. R., I, 1887, 124 (Tres Rios, Jimenez, Rio Sucio, Las Trojas).-- 



Cherrie, Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 49 (Boruca, common). — 



Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 445 (Miravalles). — Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. 



Mus., XX, 1891 (Peje [Carmiol]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 



Aves, II, 1892, 565 (references cited). 

 Sittace macao Lawrenck, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 131 (Las Anonas [Zeledon]). 



— Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 364 (C. R.). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Pigres (Ridgway). 



Bangs Collection : Bebedero, Bolson (Underwood). 



C. H. Lankester Collection : Cariblanco. 



Carnegie Museum : Guapiles, Bebedero (Carriker). Two skins. 



Abundant throughout the lowlands of the Caribbean and Pacific, up 

 to about 2,500 feet. Like all of the parrots they are very noisy, 

 except when feeding ; at such times they remain very quiet, especially 

 when any one is near. They are usually to be seen in pairs or from 

 four to six together, and as a rule perch in the tops of the tallest trees, 

 completely out of gunshot. It is only possible to secure them when 

 they are feeding in a low tree. 



