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wing; wing (in nortliorn species) less tlian 5.00; top of 



cere featlicred Myiopsittn} 



c'. Wini,' not moi'o than 3.50; upper iiiandiljje very iiiuch broader than 

 high at base; tail scarcely more lluin half as long a.s wing; cere 



feathered on top Psittaada.^ 



«'. Tail slighth' rounded, the leathers broad at ends. 



Third or fouith quill longest; cere always naked, with nostrils exposed. 

 (38.) A7na:o7ia.^ 



Genus RHYNCHOPSITTA Bonap.\rtk. (Page 268, pi. LXXVIIL, fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Adult : Forehead, fore-part and sides of crown, lores, and anterior lesser wing- 

 coverts, poppy-retl ; under primary coverts lemon-j-ellow ; under surface of quills, 

 secondaries, and tail olivaceous duslcy; rest of plumage uniform grass-green, rather 

 paler and duller on lower parts, but much brighter on sides of head; bill entirely 

 blackish. Youngir : Similar to adult, but bill whitish, with a triangular dusky 

 space on each side (extending upward from cutting-edge about half-way to culmen 

 and anteriorly as far as the notch); red of forehead not extending over eye; red 

 on thighs and along edge of wing interrupted and verj' inconspicuous. (Young in 

 jirst plumage probably without any red, the plumage entirely green, except on under 

 surface of wing and tail, and bill probalily entirelj' whitish.) Length IG. 00-16.75, 

 wing S.50-10.50, tail 6.30-7.00, graduated for 2.25-2.35, culmen 1.45-1.55, height of 

 bill at base 1.65-1.75. Hub. Northern and central Mexico (pine region) ; south- 

 wcsteru Texas and southern New Mexico.* 



— . R. pachyrhyncha (Swains.). Thick-billed Parrot. 



Genus CONURUS Ivuiil. (Page 268. pi. LXXVII., fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Common Characters (of North American and Mexican species). — Prevailing 

 color uniform green ; adults with or without yellow or orange on head. 



fl'. Cere and nostrils entirely concealed by dense feathering ; culmen rounded. 



Adult: Head and upper neck pure gamboge-yjllow, the forehead, lores, and 

 cheeks deep orange or orange-red ; upper parts rich parrot-green, the 

 tertials, tips of greater wing-coverts, and basal portion of outer webs 



> M^inptllln BoN.vr., Rcv. ct Mtig. Zool. 1854. 150. Typo, PDitlacim muriniis Gmel. 



One Mexican nnfl Central American species, .1/. lincoln (Cass.); color uniform grcon, lighter beneath, more 

 or Ic33 distinctly barreil above and along sides with blackish ; length about 6.00 inches. 



« Ptilliieiiln Biiiss., Orn. iv. 1760, X»2. Typo, P. brafilllcmin BKISS., = P»i(/ncu»;)n««(Tiii(i« Likn. 



One species found in western Mexico a,s far north as Mazatlnn (/*. cynnopytja Soi'ANc£) is uniform green, 

 lighter beneath, the male irith rump and some of the under wing-coverts fine light blue; length about 4.50 

 inches. 



' Amazona Less., Trait<5, 1S31, IS9. Type, Ptiilacui pulvcrulcntus Gmel. For synopsis of Mexican species, 

 gco Appendix. 



« Dr. R. \V. SniTELDT, U.S.A., in epitl. 



