Descriptions; of Sew Species of Birds. 381 



XXV. — Descriptions of Xew Species of Birds of the Genera 

 Clirysotis, Forniicivortt and Spertnopliila. 



BY GEORGE X. LAWREXCE. 

 Read May 28th, 1S&3. 



I. Clirysotis oaiiifrons. 



The general coloring is green, the abdomen washed with l)luish, the 

 feathers of the hind neck edged with black, and tliose of the throat mixed 

 with yellow ; the front, the chin, and the upper part of the throat, are gray- 

 ish ash ; this color is bordered on the crown with dull pale yellow ; sides of 

 the head dull yellow ; the primaries are deep blue, with a speculum of 

 bright scarlet ; the bend of the wing is clear yellow, marked with scarlet 

 next the body ; thighs gray ; tail-feathers green, ending rather broadly 

 with light greenish j'ellow ; the basal portions of the feathers are ja^Uow for 

 half their length, and are marked with red ; the outer feather is bluish on 

 the outer web ; bill whitish liorn-color, with the tip dusky ; feet dark gray. 



Dimensions approximately ; length, 14 inches ; wing, 9 ; tail, 6. 

 Habitat, Jsland of Aruba, West Indies. • 



Remarks. — The above-described ])ai'rot was brou^^lit alive, by 

 our associate. Dr. A. A. JulieiK in the spring of 1882, wlien he 

 returned from the islands of Curasao, Buen Ayre and Aruba. 

 He obtained it at Aruba, and thinks it occurs in abundance on 

 15uen Ayre (no sjieeiniens, liowever, were i)i'ocured there), l)ut 

 is not found on L'ui'a(,'ao. 



I saw iliis j)arrot suon after his retui'u, and took notes of its 

 })luniagp, and also of its dimensions, as well as 1 could from a 

 living bird, though it was very gentle. I considered it an un- 

 de8cril)ed species, but deferred publishing an account of it, for 

 the sake of a further examination, and to see if any change 

 would take place in its plunia-g', espoL^ially in the ashy coloring 



