588 APPENDIX. 



a}. Wing not moi-e than 7.50 ; bill bright yellow ; primary coverts (sometimes alula 



also) carmine-red in adult ; outer webs of all the secondaries wholly deep 



blue. {Adult with orbits and part or whole of lores deep carmine ; forehead 



(sometimes crown also) white or pale yellow.) 



h^. Adult: Forehead (only) white or pale yellow; crown blue; anterior border 



of wino- entirely green ; alula carmine-red. Young : White of forehead 



and red of lores and orbits much restricted (or altogether wanting ?) ; 



primary coverts and alula green. Wing 6.30-7.50, tail 3.30-4.20. Hah. 



Southern Mexico (Mazatlan to Yucatan) and south to Costa Eica. 



A. albifrons (Sparrm.). White-fronted Parrot.^ 

 h^. Adult: Forehead and more or less of crown white; upper half of lores yel- 

 low ; a black spot on ear-coverts ; anterior border of wing carmine-red ; 

 alula (except sometimes innermost feather) green. Young : No white 

 on head, red barely indicated, yellow more restricted, no red on anterior 

 border of wing, and primary coverts green. Wing 6.90-7.10, tail 3.50- 

 3.80. Hah. Coast of Yucatan (including Cozumel) and Honduras. 



A. xantholora Gray. Yellow-lored Parrot.' 



Genus PHALiENOPTILUS Eidgway, page 299. 



Omit measurements from diagnosis, to which add the following : — 

 a^. Larger and darker, with prevailing color above grayish brown (more grayish on 

 sides of pileum, scapulars, etc.) and relieved by broad irregularly sagittate or 

 diamond-shaped spots on scajDulars ; chin and sides of head blackish ; chest 

 (next to white throat-patch) with black predominating, the sides and flanks 

 more heavily barred with dusky; ochraceous of quills deeper, and more 

 restricted ; wing 5.50-6.15 (5.78), tail 3.40-3.80 (3.67). Hah. Western United 

 States in general, excepting more southern plains, east of Eocky Mountains. 



418. P. nuttalli (Aud.). Poor-will. 

 «'. Smaller and paler, with prevailing color above pale brownish gray, inclining in 

 places to pale hoary or silvery whitish, relieved by smaller or narrower 

 black markings ; chin and sides of head finely mottled grayish brown ; chest 

 with little, if any, of uniform black ; sides and flanks more narrowly barred 

 (the latter sometimes immaculate) ; ochraceous of quills paler and more 

 extended ; wing 5.40-5.75 (5.44), tail 3.50-3.60 (3.52). Hah. Central Texas 

 to Arizona (probably northwai-d to Kansas, etc.). 



— . P. nuttalli nitidus Brewst. Frosted Poor-will.^ 



^ Psittaciis albifrons Sparrm., Mus. Carls. 1787, pi. 52. Amaxona albifrons Schleg., Mus. P.-B. 

 Psitt. 1864, 59. 



2 Chrysotis xantholora Gray, List Psitt. Brit. Mus. 1859, 8.3. Amazona xantholora Schleg. Mus. P.-B. 

 Psitt. 1864, 59. 



3 Phaltenoptihis nuttalli nitidus Brewst., Auk, iv. No. 2, April, 1887, 147. ■ 



Note. — It is not improbable that the Californian birds of this species, at least those from the more humid 

 and wooded northern coast districts, will have to be separated as a local race, characterized by very dark colors, 

 with heavier markings. At least the two Californian examples in the National Museum collection (one from 

 Nicasio, the other from Calaveras County) are altogether darker than any from elsewhere. Should additional 

 material show the observed differences to be constant, I would propose for this dark northwestern race the 

 name P. nuttalli califomicus. 



