APPENDIX. 595 



cf. Forehead red; feathers of breast, etc., narrowly tipped with 

 blackish. 

 e'. Forehead and crown vermilion-red ; sides of occiput (for- 

 ward to orbital region) dull blue ; wing 8.40-S.50, tail 

 about 4.50. Hab. Northeastern Mexico. 



A. viridigenalis (Cass.). Tamaulipas Parrot.' 



e'. Forehead purplish red ; crown and occiput lilac-blui-sh ; the 



feathers narrowly tipped with blackish ; wing 7.C0- 



8.20, tail 4.S0-5.50. Hab. Western Mexico, from Te- 



huantepec to Sonora (Alamos). 



A. finschi (ScL.). Finsch's Parrot.' 

 c\ Outer tail-feather with a more or less distinct red or yellow spot on 

 basal portion of inner web. 

 Adult : Forehead and upper half of lores red ; lower half of 

 lores, and backward beneath eyes, yellow ; top of head pale 

 bluish or lilac superficially. Y(Mng : Similar to adult, but 

 yellow replaced by light green. Wing 8.00-8.70, tail 4.70- 

 5.20. Hab. Eastern Mexico (Mirador) and south to Hon- 

 duras and Vera Paz, Guatemala. 



A. autumnalis (Linn.). Autumnal Parrot.' 



a'. Wing not more than 7.50; bill bright yellow; primary coverts (sometimes 



alula also) carmine-red in adult; outer webs of all the secondaries wholly 



deep blue. {Adult with orbits and part or whole of lores deep carmine ; 



forehead, sometimes crown also, white or pale yellow.) 



b\ Adult : Forehead (only) white or pale yellow ; crown blue ; anterior 



border of wing entirely green ; alula carmine-red. Young : White of 



forehead and red of lores and orbits much restricted (or altogether 



wanting?); primary coverts and alula green. Wing 6..30-7.50, tail 



3.30-4.20. Hab. Mexico (Yucatan to Mazatlan and Sonora) and 



60uth to Costa Eica, 



A. albifrons (Sparrm.). White-fronted Parrot.* 

 b'. Adult: Forehead and more or less of crown white; upper half of lores 

 yellow ; a black spot on car-coverts ; anterior border of wing carmine- 

 red ; alula (except sometimes innermost feather) green. Young : No 

 ■white on head, red barely indicated, yellow more restricted, no red 

 on anterior border of wing, and primary coverts green. Wing C.90- 

 7.10, tail 3.50-3.80. Hab. Coast of Yucatan (including Cozumel) 

 and Ilonduras. 



A. xantholora Gray. Yellow-lored Parrot.' 



> Chri/iotit tiridigenalit CASii., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pbilad. vi. 1S53, 371. 

 » Ch,f,,olii finschi ScL., P. Z. S. 1S64, 298 ; 16. 1S70, pi. 34. 



• Piillactu autumnalit LiXN., S. N. ed. 12, i. 1766, 147. Amazona autumnaUs ScBLEO., Mus. P.-B. Psitt. 

 1864,51. 



• Puillaca* albi/ront SpARRV., Mus. Carls. 17S7, pi. 52. Amazona albi/ront Scbleg., Mas. P.-B. Psitt. 

 1864, 5U. 



» Chrytolit xanlholora Grat, List Psitt. Erit. Mus. 1S39, S3. Amazona xantholora ScHLEC, Mus. P.-B. 

 Psitt. 1S64, 59. 



