CHRYSOTIS, 587 
Amazona auropalliata, Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 124". 
Psitiacus flavinuchus, Gould, Voy. ‘ Sulphur,’ p. 45, t. 27. 
Chrysotis guatemale, Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 395 (fide Ridgway) ®. 
Viridis, uropygio letiore, capite summo pallidior, viridi-ceruleo leviter lavato; cervice postica late lutea, 
plumulis circum nares nigris, speculo alari coccineo, remigibus cyaneo-nigrescentibus ad basin viridibus ; 
cauda viridi, viridi-luteo terminata, rectricibus lateralibus in pogonio interno ad basin coccineis ; rostro 
corneo, maxille lateribus pallidis; pedibus fuscis. Long. tota circa 14:0, ale 88, caude 4:3, rostri 
culminis 1:8, tarsi 0‘9. (Descr. maris ex Huamuchal, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico, Santa Efigenia *, Tapanatepec, Cacoprieto, Tonala (Sumichrast *), 
Tapachula; GuateMaLa? (Constancia®), Huamuchal, Retalhuleu, La Grande, 
San José (0. S. & F. D. G.); Satvapor (Mus. Brit.) ; Honpuras, Ruatan I. (G. £. 
Gaumer 1°), Tigre I. (Taylor *); Nicaracua, Realejo (Lesson 1, O. S.), Chinandega, 
Momotombo (W. B. Richardson), San Juan del Sur °, Omotepe 1° (Nutting); Costa 
Rica, Bagaces, Miravalles (Underwood !*), Liberia (Zeledon *), La Palma (Nutting®). 
The yellow nape of this Parrot at once distinguishes it from all its allies as it is a 
prominent feature in all adult birds. With the exception of the island of Ruatan in 
the Bay of Honduras, C. auropalliata is exclusively found on the western side of the 
mountains of Central America from Tehuantepec to Costa Rica, and wherever it occurs 
it is abundant in the woods, and is also to be seen in captivity in many of the houses of 
the natives, as it is readily tamed and a fluent talker. 
Its presence in Ruatan, so far from its usual haunts, is singular, and may possibly 
be due to the multiplication of birds escaped from domestication, which had some 
time or other been brought from the west coast. 
6. Chrysotis levaillanti. 
Perroquet a téte jaune, Levaill. Perr. t. 86°. 
Psitiacus ochrocephalus, Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. p. 1 (cf. J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 54) (nec Gm.) ’. 
Psitiacus zanthops, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 583 (partim) (nec Spix) °*. 
Chrysotis zanthops, Souancé, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 153°; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 317°. 
Chrysotis ochroptera, Scl. P. Z. 8S. 1859, p. 389°. . 
Chrysotis levaillanti, G. R. Gray, List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 79 (1859) (nec Amazona levaillanti, 
Lesson)’; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 195°; 1871, p. 100°; Grayson, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xiv. 
p- 271°; Lawr. Ibis, 1871, p.250"; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 296; Bull. U.S. Nat. 
Mus. no. 4, p. 836°; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 238 ''; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. 
p- 163"; Salv. & Godm. Ibis, 1889, p. 241°; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 293. 
Amazona oratrix, Ridgw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 587 ™. 
Viridis, subtus pallidior, tectricibus supracaudalibus flavescentibus, cervicis plumis undique nigro limbatis, 
capite toto, margine alarum et tibiis luteis ; campterio alari, humeris anticis et speculo alari coccineis ; alis 
cyaneo-nigris ad basin viridibus, secundariis cyaneo-nigro terminatis: alis subtus oleagineo-viridibus, 
remigibus nigro terminatis; cauda viridi apice lutescente, rectricibus lateralibus in pogonio interno ad 
basin coccineis ; rostro flavo ; pedibus carneis. Long. tota circa 14°0, alee 9-0, caudze 5:0, rostri culminis 
1:55, tarsi 0°75. (Descr. maris ex Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 
© mari similis, 
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