Psittacus diadematus, Shw.

Diademed Amazon (Ger., Diadem-Amazone, Amazone mit lila-farbnem Scheitel, lilascheiteliger Kurzflugelpapagei; Fr., Perro-quet Amazone a diademe, Perroquet Amazone couronne; Dut., Kroonen Amazone Papegaai) - Description.

A narrow band on the forehead and lores is of dark-scarlet; the top of the head and the neck green; the central spot in the wing scarlet (the secondaries are red on the outer web); the edge and coverts of the wing are green; the outermost tail feathers are deep-red on the outer web; all the upper part of the body is grass-green, without a dark edge to the feathers; the beak is yellow; the upper mandible along the edge and at the point is blackish; the cere whitish-grey; the eyes dark-brown, inclining to black, surrounded by a large whitish-grey eye cere; the feet and claws are a blackish-grey. Size, about that of a crow (length, 14 1/4in.; wings, 7in. to 7 7/8in.; tail, 4in. to 4 1/8in.). Its special marks are dark-scarlet lores, and stripe on the forehead; purplish-blue on the top of the head; cheeks and sides of the head emerald-green, with one single yellow spot under the eye. It is a native of the district along the Amazon river, Guiana, Columbia, and Panama.

This species was described and painted by Spix in the year 1825. A Diademed Amazon was amongst the collection of the Emperor of Austria, at Schonbrunn, as early as 1845, and one was received in the Zoological Gardens, in London, in 1871; isolated specimens have appeared in the Berlin Exhibitions since 1876. It agrees in general character with the preceding species.