88 Mr. 0. Salvia un the Psittacidse of Central America. 



No species of Parrot, exce])t C. curolinensis, passes into the 

 northern continent beyond the limits of southern Mexico. 

 Indeed so strictly is the northern range of the family defined, 

 that, were it not for this single exception, no more absolute 

 definition of the northern limit of the Neotropical region (the 

 Austro-Cohimbian region of Huxley) could be given than that 

 of the northern extension of the Psittaciclce ift Mexico. 



Central America has, as of all other groups of birds, a num- 

 ber of Parrots peculiar to itself. Some few species, and amongst 

 these the Maccaws especially, range widely over the southern con- 

 tinent. . Still both Mexico and Guatemala are rich in peculiar spe- 

 cies ; and Costa Rica and Veiagua are not deficient in this respect. 



1. Ara militaris (Linn.). 



Sittace militaris, Finsch, Papag. i. p. 396, ii. p. 943. 



The range of this Maccaw in Central America is somewhat 

 singular. We find it occurring as far north as Mazatlan, in 

 Western Mexico (Finsch, Abh. Nat. Ver. zu Bremen, 1870, 

 p. 352); and specimens of it were obtained by .Mr. le Strange 



researches, I cannot but tliink doubtful. Unfortunately' the localities 

 attached to many of the British-Museum specimens are so frequently 

 without the authority of the original collector, the labels bearing only 

 the name of the person, sometimes donor, sometimes dealer, from 

 whom they have been acquired, that confinnation fi-om other sources 

 is necessary. 



For this reason I omit the following from the present list : — 



Hand-List, No. 8148. Coxitevs aurifroxs, Nicaragua ? (presented by 

 E. Wilson). This is really a Peruvian and Bolivian species. 



No. 8.328. Chrysotis pheteii, Mexico. Mr. Gray apparently quotes 

 Temminck, PI. Col. 492, as the authority for this locality ; but Temminck 

 gives it with hesitation. The true locality is S. Brazil (c/. Finsch, Papag. 

 ii. p. 529). 



No. 83ol. PsiTTACULA ccELESTis, Nicaragua (presented by E. Wilson). 



No. 8352. PsiTTACULA coNSPiciLLATA, Nicaragua (presented by E. 

 Wilson). 



The former of these species is only known to occiu- in Western Ecuador, 

 and the latter in the United States of Columbia and on the Rio Napo. 



No. 8122. CoNURUS caxtcularis, Mexico, appears to be the same as 

 C. pdzi from the same counti-y (cf. Fiusch, Papag. i. p. 503). 



No. 8.325. Chrysotis ^stivalis;, Mexico, probably = C. autiomudis 

 {cf. Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 548). 



