RHYNCHOPSITTACUS.—CONURUS. 571 
secured specimens on the Sierra Madre between Mazatlan and Durango, and 
Mr. Robinette obtained three examples near Pachico in Chihuahua when he was with 
the Lumholtz Archeological Expedition of 1890-9119, 
These records of localities are all we have concerning this Parrot; no account of its 
habits have reached us. 
Lt. pachyrhynchus has been placed amongst the North-American birds on the strength 
of a specimen said to have been shot on the Rio Grande, Texas. But in the second 
edition (1895) of the ‘Check-list of North-American Birds’ (p. 330) it is relegated to 
the hypothetical list. It has since been again brought forward by Mr. Ridgway 
as a North-American bird in the second edition (1896) of his ‘Manual’ (p. 269) 11, 
Dr. R. W. Shufeldt having reported its presence in Southern New Mexico. 
Being an inhabitant of upland pine-forests, it may well occur in such districts across 
the frontier of Northern Mexico. 
CONURUS. 
Conurus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 4 (1820) ; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 170. 
A characteristic genus of South-American Parrots, numerous in species and indi- 
viduals. Count Salvadori admits twenty-eight species, to which C. rudritorquis must 
be added, making a total of twenty-nine, which are spread over a wide area, extending 
from Socorro I. and Southern Mexico to Bolivia and Paraguay. 
In our region seven species only are found, and, though having no very marked 
characters, none of them occur beyond our limits in South America. 
As a genus, Conurus may be distinguished from Rhynchopsittacus by the bill not 
being compressed, but the sides of the maxilla are rather swollen, the mandible broad 
and rounded, not flattened in front nor grooved, the culmen of the maxilla being both. 
The fourth primary is attenuated at the end, and the nostrils fully exposed, but 
surrounded by small scattered feathers. According to Garrod the ambiens muscle is 
always present. 
1. Conurus finschi, 
Conurus finschi, Salv. Ibis, 1871, p. 91, t. 4’; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 124°; 
Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 184°; Cherrie, Auk, 1892, p. 327‘; Richmond, Pr. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 519°. 
Viridis, fronte et pileo antico coccineis, margine carpali et tectricibus alarum subtus minoribus proximis 
coccineis, reliquis interioribus luteo-viridibus, tectricibus majoribus subtus oleagineis, extimis paucis pure 
luteis; remigibus et rectricibus subtus oleagineis ; rostro flavido; pedibus carneis. Long. tota circa 11°5, 
ale 6°3, caudz rectr. med. 5:5, rectr. lat. 2°7, rostri culminis 1:2, tarsi 0°6. (Descr. exempl. typ. ex 
Bugaba, Chiriqui. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Nicaraaua, R. Escondido (Lichmond*), Rama (W. B. Richardson); Costa Rica, 
Naranjo de Cartago (Zeledon”), San José (Zeledon*, Cherrie*); Panama, Bugaba 
(Arcé 1). 
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