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and June 1, 1883, and at Magua January 29 of the same year. Peters 

 took specimens at Arroyo Savana and found the species common 

 east of the Rio San Juan and inland from Cabrera. Ridgway has 

 listed specimens from Cafia Honda, Sabana la Mar, La Caiiita, and 

 Almercen (Rivas) in addition to the localities that have been men- 

 tioned. Abbott forwarded skins from several points on the Samana 

 peninsula, including two from the north shore near San Juan Bay 

 August 17, 1916, La Galera, August 26 and Rojo Cabo, August 30. 

 He collected one at an altitude of 1500 metres near Constanza 

 September 22, 1916, and another at the same point April 29, 1919. 

 There are two in the Academy of Natural Sciences that he took at 

 Sabana la Mar June 25, 1883. 



Wetmore observed parrots at Villa Altagracia May 4, 1927, when 

 a flock of a dozen passed. Near Sanchez they were observed in the 

 mouth of the Arroyo Barrancota, May 8, along the lower Yuna 

 May 10, and near the village May 14. In the interior they were 

 more abundant being observed at El Rio May 18, 29 and 30, and 

 near Constanza in numbers from May 18 to 29. They passed 

 across the sky regularly in early morning and late afternoon trav- 

 eling high in the air. Their flight though not of great velocity is 

 remarkably ducklike as it is performed with short, quick wing 

 strokes. When flying low over the trees they frequently sail for 

 short distances with set wings. Loud, screeching calls almost in- 

 variably announce the coming of a flock, a sound that amid the 

 forests clothing the great ridges or in the broad open valleys was 

 not so disagreeable to the ear as when the birds are confined within 

 a building. At times they alighted in dead trees where they crawled 

 and squalled in usual parrot fashion. It was always a matter of 

 astonishment to have a number fly into the branches of a fairly 

 open deciduous tree and there seem to disappear entirely so closely 

 did the green of the plumage blend with the leaf color amid which 

 they rested. When assured that there was no danger threatening 

 they began then to call in low tones and to crawl about through 

 the limbs. 



A female taken May 27 at Constanza had the bill pale brownish 

 white, tinged with slate on the sides and with yellow at the base; 

 cere pale brownish white ; bare skin about eye dull yellowish white ; 

 iris bone brown; tarsus and toes dull grayish white; claws dusky. 

 In 1927 Danforth found parrots especially common in the wooded 

 hills near Bonao where he collected specimens August 7. Others 

 were recorded between Azua and San Juan, between Navarrete and 

 Monte Cristi, and near Seibo and Comendador. Ciferri sent speci- 

 mens to Moltoni shot near Bonao February 6, 1927. 



