98 Mr. 0. Salviii on the Tsittacidrc uf Central America. 



Rica, collected by Carmiol ; hence I infer that the bird called 

 C. viridigenalis by Mr. Lawrence (Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 131) 

 really belongs here. Dr. v. Frantzius (J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 365) 

 considers the Smithsonian skins referable to C. autumnalis; but, 

 from the fact of the presence of the true C. diademata in Costa 

 Rica, I think he is in error, and that the latter species is really 

 what he had before him. 



The species is readily distinguishable from C. autumnalis by 

 having the cheeks green instead of yellow. 



Its nearest ally is C. finschi, the species last mentioned. 



22. Chrysotis autumnalis (Linn.) : Finsch, Papag. ii. 

 p. 547. 



This species is restricted in its range to Southern Mexico, 

 Guatemala, and the northern portion of Honduras. In Mexico 

 Salle obtained it at Jalapa {cf. Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 205), and 

 Boucard also sent specimens from Playa Vicente (Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1859, p. 389). In Guatemala its range seems restricted to the 

 forest-districts of the northern portion of Vera Paz. During 

 an expedition to Choctum, an Indian village about two days' 

 journey north of Coban, and situated about 1200 feet above 

 the sea-level, in the Tierra Caliente, Mr. Godman and I fre- 

 quently saw flocks of this species, and obtained specimens. I 

 am not aware that it is found in any other parts of Guatemala. 

 In Honduras, Leyland records it from Omoa; and Mr. G. M. 

 Whitely has recently sent specimens from San Pedro, in the 

 same republic. There are no authentic records of its occur- 

 rence further to the southward of this point. 



23. Chrysotis GUATEMALA, Scl.: Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 562,t. 4. 

 Though a specimen of this Parrot seems to have been in 



the Bremen Museum since 1844, the first description of it 

 appeared in 'The Ibis^ for 1860, p. 44, where it is named 

 C. guatemal(S, as suggested by Dr. Hartlaub. About the same 

 time fresh examples were forwarded by Salle from Orizaba 

 (P. Z. S. 1860, p. 44). In Guatemala this Parrot is very com- 

 mon at Choctum, in the forest of Vera Paz, where it is known 

 as the Cho-cho. Mr. Godman and I obtained a good series 

 of specimens in 1862. Mr. Whitely has recently brought 



