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in July. Mr. Clark also found it not uncommon in July (Auk, 1902, 

 p. 262), but it was not observed by either Mr. Ferry or Mr. Lowe, 

 who visited the island in February and March. Strange to say, both 

 Mr. Ferry and Mr. Lowe found A. ochroptera rothschildi not uncom- 

 mon, which was not noted by Captain Robinson or Mr. Clark later 

 in the season. Captain Robinson states, "I saw many large flocks 

 in the heavy forest in rear of El Valle." (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 

 XVIII, 1895, p. 664.) 



Conurus seruginosus (Linn.}. 



22 specimens, 10 d\ 12 9. 



Mr. Ferry found this species very common in the vicinity of Por- 

 lamar. It appears to be generally distributed throughout the lower 

 portions of the island. 



Conurus neoxenus sp. nov. 



Type No. 37454, Field Museum of Natural History (Margarita 

 Island). 



Adult male: General plumage bright green, brightest on the cheeks 

 and lores and palest on the under parts ; forehead and front of head 

 from above the eye, including about two-thirds of crown, dull blue; 

 lesser under wing coverts green; greater under wing coverts olive 

 yellow; quills green with black shafts; the greater portion of the 

 inner we,bs olive yellow on basal three-fourths; terminal portion of 

 inner webs edged with dusky brown; the fourth, fifth and sixth 

 primaries with dark tips (from % to > inch in length), showing a 

 faint bluish tinge near the ends; under surface of inner webs olive 

 yellow; the outer feathers edged with dusky brown near the ends; 

 upper surface of two middle tail feathers green with dark shafts; 

 the rest have the greater portion of the inner web deep red; outer 

 webs and ends of inner webs green. These colors are replaced on 

 the under surfaces by golden olive and lighter red. Both mandibles 

 pale, the under one dark near the edge. 



Length (skin), 13 in.; wing, 7.20; tail, 7; tarsus, .55; bill, 1.15. 



This species is somewhat similar to Conurus hazmorrhous from 

 Brazil, but differs in the darker green plumage, wing markings, 

 extent of blue on the head, etc. 



Two specimens, a male and a female, were taken. Mr. Ferry 

 informs me they were shot March n, 1909, in a cactus country near 

 Boca del Rio in the south central portion of the island. 



