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Show 1867.] THE BIRDS OF THE LOWER AMAZONS. 587 One example from the " Amazons," probably the lower part of the river, appears to be a male of this species, as determined by Mal-herbe. It is a close ally of C. rufus of Cayenne, but recognizable by the dark rufous cap, and the black longitudinal lines on the nape, sides of head, and throat: in Celeus rufus the markings are transverse. 211. CHLORONERPES TEPHRODOPS (Wagl.). Island of Mexiana. 212. CHLORONERPES HAMATOSTIGMA, Malh. River Tocantins. 213. CHLORONERPES FLAVIGULARIS (Bodd.). Para. 214. MELANERPES CRUENTATUS, Bodd. Barra do Rio Negro. Fam. PSITTACIDA. 215. ARA ARARAUNA (Linn.). Mexiana. 216. ARA MACAO (Linn.). Mexiana. 217. ARA HYACINTHINA. This species is not found in the Amazons valley proper, and appears to be restricted to the slightly elevated plateau south of the Lower Amazons. It was seen about 100 miles up the Tocantins*, and again about the same distance up the Tapajosf, where specimens were procured by Mr. Bates. 218. ARA NOBILIS (Linn.). Para. 219. CONURUS LUTEUS, Bodd. Para. Very rare in the neighbourhood of Para, where it appears once a year, when a particular fruit is ripe. I only saw one flock in one particular tree, and obtained four or five specimens out of it. 220. CONURUS AUREUS (Gm.). Island of Mexiana. 221. CONURUS ARUGINOSUS (Linn.). Conurus chrysogenys, Mass. et Souanc. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 72. A skin of a Conurus, collected by Mr. Wallace at S,a Isabel on the * See Bates's Amazons, vol. i. p. 133; Wallace's Travels, p. 7 4 t Bates, I. c. p. 139. |