36 BIRDS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO. 



304. Contirias petzli (Leibl.). 



"Teliuantepec (Juchitan, Cliihuitan, Santa Efigenia) ; September, No- 

 vember, and December. 



" Iris and orbital sliin yellow ; bill yellowish-white : feet yellowish, 

 marbled with brownish. 



" Everywhere abundant; this species lives indifferently in the woods, 

 on plains, and in the neighborhood of inhabited places. It is the same 

 with Chrysotis alhifrons.^'' 



SOS. Brotog^erys tovi (Gm.). 



" Tehnantepec (Tapaua) 5 June, 18G9. 



" Iris brown ; cere whitish ; bill light brown ; feet fleshy. 



" This little paroquet appears confined in the west of the isthmus to 

 the neighborhood of the villages of Zanatepec and Tapana, where it is 

 called Catarina or Gachiqnna. It never leaves the thick woods, where 

 it keeps on the largest and highest trees, which makes its capture quite 

 difiBcult, because it is confounded with the foliage. It is sought as a 

 pleasure bird on account of its small size and the ease with which it 

 may be tamed. The Indians of the valley of Oaxaca, who come to trade 

 in the State of Chiapas, bring a great number to sell in the interior." 



!306. Cliry§©iis las'siaoi^a (Bodd.). 



"Santa Maria (Chimalapa). 



" Another species of Chrysotis, although it may be rare, lives in the 

 neighborhood of Tapana (its body is entirely green, the nape of the 

 neck and at times the forehead are spotted with yellow, its beak is 

 blackish, its size that of C. ochroptera). I regret that I have been una- 

 ble as yet to procure specimens of it. I have only seen it in captivity." 



SOT. CSai'ysottis aua'opalliata (Less.). 



" Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia) ; May, 1871. 



"Iris orange-red 5 bill blackish; cere black; feet grayish." 



208. Chrysotis levaillantii, Gray. 



" Tehuantepec (Barrio, Petapa) ; October, 1868. 

 " Iris orange ; bill and feet dirty white." 



209. Chrysotis autumnalis (Linn.). 

 " Tehuantepec (Barrio) ; September, 1868. 



"Iris orange-yellow; bill dull yellowish, blackish along the cutting- 

 edges ; feet light greenish-ash." 



