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96. PrcumNnus GRANADENSIS (Lafr.). 
Three ex. As in a former specimen from Nanegal*, the spots on 
the head of the male are yellow instead of red, which is their colour 
in my New-Granadian examples; but I do not detect other differ- 
ences. 
97. CONURUS ERYTHROGENYS (Less.). 
Two ex. ‘‘ Catanica: stomach contained seeds.”’ 
98. BRoTOGERYS PYRRHOPTERUS (Lath.).—Psittacu s pyrrho- 
pterus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxxii. 
Many ex. “ Perico: irides hazel; bill, cere, and legs flesh- 
colour. Common on the tops of the highest trees: not so shy as 
most Parrots. - In Guayaquil I saw this species in hundreds in the 
gardens of the town-houses.”’ Stomachs contained “ seeds.” 
99. Pronus MENstRUUs (Linn.). 
One ex. “ Loro: stomach contained seeds.”’ 
100. PstrracuLa cazLEstIs (Less.). 
Many ex. ‘ Vivina: beak, cere, legs and feet pale flesh-colour. 
Stomach contained seeds: very common everywhere, in small flocks 
in the trees, and noisy.” 
III. Accrritres. 
101. CarHarTEs aura (Linn.). 
One ex., 2. “Irides brown; beak white; legs and feet white ; 
head and neck red ; corrugations in front of the eyes and three 
transverse plates on the top of the head white. There were several 
specimens about, but not zz the town. I have seen three together.” 
102. CATHARTES ATRATUS. 
Four ex. “ Gallinazo.” Spec. 2186, “3. Irides hazel; bill 
greenish horn-colour; legs and feet black. Here in hundreds. I 
am inclined to think this bird distinct from the mountain species.’ 
Spec. 2329, ** 9. Bill black, with a bluish culmen, and a blue spot 
on the upper mandible near the cere; legs greenish ; feet black, with 
a mouldy appearance between each scale; no corrugations about 
head or neck; the feathers of the back of the neck stand reversed. 
These birds are said to scratch away the sand and devour the eggs 
laid by the Alligators, which are here by thousands.” Spec. 2384, 
* Beak bluish horn-colour; head and neck black, with the corruga- 
tions thickenirig as they get lower down ; legs and feet black, with a 
mouldy appearance between the scales, which I imagine to be dirt.” 
“*T noticed a Gallinazo in the river some yards from the bank; he 
* P.Z.S. 1860, p. 95. 
