328 G. E. Verri/l — Emma of the island of l^ominica. 



Iris red ; bill dark horn-color with a light spot on each side of the 

 iipper mandible at the base ; legs and feet dark brown. ? 21-11^- 

 8^-361; sex undetermined, 19|-10^H-35^. 



34. Amazona bOUqueti (Wagl.). " Perroquet," Pat. and Fr. (Parrot). 

 Parrot sp. 2; Lawr. List. 



Chrysotis nichollsi Lawr. ; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Ill, p. 254, 1880. 

 Clirysotds houqv.eti (Wagl.); Scl. List. 



Found in the same localities, but apparently much rarer than 

 the "Ciceroo" and like it very wild and difficult to procure. 



Generally seen in rather larger flocks, otherwise the remarks with 

 regard to the habits and notes of C. augnsta apply equally well to 

 this species. The notes of the two species can generally be distin- 

 guished by a person familiar with them, but the difference between 

 the yells of two parrots is something very difficult to indicate on 

 paper. These latter ai'e also said never to become good talkers. 



We succeeded in procuring but one specimen, a male. Mr. Ober 

 did not take this bird at all, though he mentions a parrot " about 

 the size of our North Carolina Parrot but more robust"; but in 

 1879 and 1880 Dr. Nicholls sent two small collections of Dominican 

 birds to the Smithsonian, and among them were three specimens 

 that Mr. Lawrence described as C nichollsi, giving several differ- 

 ences between it and C. cyanopis (Vieill.) and C. honqtieti (Bechat). 

 Our specimen agrees very closely with his description in all points 

 but one. Mr. Lawrence says " the breast and abdomen are tinged 

 with yellow " and mentions this as one of the differences between 

 G. nichollsi and G. bouqueti, but in our specimen the abdomen is 

 green with many of the feathers dull red at the base and there is a 

 band of scarlet f of an inch wide, extending across the upper part 

 of the breast, and half way around to the back on each side, and 

 below the band, in the middle of the breast, are two or three 

 scarlet and yellow feathers. In the specimens at the Am. Mus. of 

 Nat. Hist, this band is entirely lacking. Mi*. Cory, however, in his 

 <' Birds of West Indies," 1889, p. 186, mentions a " patch of dull red 

 mixed with yellow on the upper part of the breast joining the 

 throat"; but our specimen differs from his description in having the 

 red, wing speculum covering three instead of two feathers and in a 

 few other points and he does not mention the red on the base of the 

 abdominal feathers nor the dark blue on the outer webs of the 

 primaries and outer tail feather, so that in some respects our bird 

 more resembles his description of G. versicolor (Miill.). 



