86 Mr. 0. Salvin on the Psittacidse uf Central America. 



7Q. Parus major, Linn. Great Tit. 

 Not uncommon. 



77. Parus ultramarinus, Bp. Ultramarine Tit. 



Tliese birds look as bright as KingfisherSj when the sun is 

 shining on them. It might be expected that the southern 

 chmate, which has so far heightened their colour, would produce 

 a corresponding diversity of habits and actions, as compared with 

 our own familiar species, Parus cceruleus ; and I think it is par- 

 tially the case. Taczanowski also remarks that this Titmouse 

 has a different voice. It goes as far south as Laghouat. 



78. Parus ledoucii, Malh. (Plate III.) 



I only obtained this species at Miliana, where I observed two 

 pairs on the low trees upon the sides of the mountains. I did 

 not then distinguish them from the Cole Tit {Parus ater), with 

 which their habits and actions appeared to agree. The specimen 

 in the Algiers Museum was killed at Beni Slimam. Taczanow- 

 ski notes that it is found ''only in Pine forests. The habits and 

 the voice of this bird are similar to those of our Pai'us ater.'' 

 Mr. Salvin has no note upon the species ; nor was it ever met 

 with by Dr. Tristram. 



[To be continued.] 



VI. — On the Psittacidse of Central America. 

 By Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



(Plate IV.) 



Having recently received, in a collection from Veragua, two 

 Parrots, one of which is apparently quite new to science, and 

 the other new to the fauna of Central America, I take the oppor- 

 tunity of shortly reviewing such members of the family Psitta- 

 cidce as are found between the Isthmus of Darien and the 

 northern confines of the South-Mexican avifauna. 



The PsittacidcE having been so recently treated in Dr. Finsch^s 

 admirable volumes ' Die Papageien,' wherein the intricacies of 

 their synonymy are carefully investigated, it is quite unnecessary 

 in the present paper for me to retraverse this portion of the sub- 

 ject. I have therefore merely given references to Dr. Finsch's 



