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The toes of the two forms measure as follows : — 

 C. holochlorus — Outer toe ||-; middle l^- ; inner f ; hind ^. 

 C.lrevlpes — " f; " f-; 



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Note hj Col. Grayson. 



^'■Socorro Parrot. Iris reddisli-brown ; bill yellowish-white, 

 dark or black at point ; feet pale yellow, with brownish scntellfe ; 

 nails dark brown. Contents of the stomach, kernels of nuts. 



" This Parakeet is quite abundant and evidently belonging to 

 this locality, which it never leaves ; tliey are to be met with in 

 •flocks or in pairs. In the mornings they left the cove in which 

 we were encamped, for the higher regions of the interior, to 

 feed, returning again in the evening to roost; this cove, in 

 which the trees are larger and the shade more dense than in 

 other parts of the Island, seems to be their favorite resort. I saw 

 tliem at times walking about on the ground beneath these trees, 

 apparently picking up clay or gravel. They are remarkably 

 tame, exliibiting no fear in our presence ; three cages were soon 

 tilled with them, which were caught by hand, and their con- 

 stant whistling for their mates brought many of them into 

 camp, perching upon the cages and elsewliere. They feed upon 

 a hard nut which they find in the mountain-gorges, and on ac- 

 count of the inaccessible localities where this fruit grew, I was 

 unable to find it; the powerful jaws of this Parakeet would 

 indicate the fruit to be very hard." 



14. lieptoplila bonapartii. 



Male. Above of a light brownish-olive, a little browner on the 

 ■wings and more olivaceous on the lower back and upper tail coverts, 

 hind neck grayish, with a bluish tinge ; front whitish, with a slight 

 roseate tint, crown plumbeous-blue, grayish on the forward part and 

 darker towards the occiput ; throat white, sides of the head light 

 brownish- vinaceous, this color extending somewhat on the hind neck ; 

 breast and upper pai't of ahdomen of a pale roseate color, lower part 

 of abdomen and under tail coverts white, sides under the wings hght 



