9G Mr. 0. Salvin on the Psittacidse of Central America. 



17. Caica HiEMATOTis, Scl. & Salv. : Finsch, Papag. ii. 420. 



M. Boucard obtained examples of this species at Playa Vi- 

 cente in Southern Mexico (Scl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 20) ; and this 

 is, I believe, the only occasion on which the bird has been seen 

 within the limits of Mexico. In Guatemala it is common in 

 the forests of Vera Paz, The first specimens I obtained were 

 shot in the highland forests above the village of Lanquin, in 

 Vera Paz. Mr. Godman and I frequently saw it in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Choctum in January and February, 1862 ; and I 

 afterwards met with it in my journey to Peten, in the forests 

 north of Cahabon, near the raucho of Chimuchuch. Mr. G. 

 M. Whitely has recently brought specimens of this Parrot from 

 San Pedro, in Honduras; and the bird-collectors of Costa Rica 

 seem familiar with it. Carmiol has sent skins of it from Pacuar 

 to the Smithsonian Institution, and others to us from Angostura. 

 Arce, too, met with it at Santa Fe, in Veragua, and M^Leannan 

 near Lion Hill, on the Panama railway. These last show a few 

 red feathers on the chest, upon which character chiefly Mr. 

 Lawrence based the species he called C. coccineicoUaris. The 

 feature is of slight value, being of variable amount; but it. 

 must be remarked that it is possessed by the Panama speci- 

 mens alone, not even the Santa-Fe examples showing any indi- 

 cations of such a marking. 



18. Chrysotis albifrons (Sparrm.) : Finsch, Papag. ii. 

 p. 526. 



With the exception of Col. Grayson {cf. Finsch, Abh. Nat. Ver, 

 zu Bremen,1870,p. 321), modern travellers in Mexico do not seem 

 to have met with this Parrot. According to Wagler, it is one of 

 the species mentioned by Hernandez ; and Deppe sent specimens 

 of it to the Berhn Museum (Finsch, /. c). In Yucatan Dr. Schott 

 observed it near Merida {Lawr. Ann. L. N. Y. ix.p.207) . In Gua- 

 temala it is always to be seen in the trees near the hot- water springs 

 of Agua Caliente, on the road to Vera Paz, close to the bridge over 

 the river Motagua. I once saw a flock at the side of the great ravine 

 which separates the active peak of the Volcan de Fuego from the 

 more ancient summits. This was not less than 8000 feet above 

 the sea-level. It also occurs on the Pacific side of the Cordillera 



