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The toes of the two forms measure as follows : — 

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

 C.lrevi^es— " f; " f; " I; " f. 



Ifote hy Col. Grayson. 



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

 dark or black at point ; feet pale yellow, with brownish scutell^e ; 

 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 ; they 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 tlie 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 

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

 apparently picking up clay or gravel. The_y are remarkably 

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

 filled 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 elsewhere. 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 ver\' hard." 



14. I^eptoptila boiiapartii. 



Male. Above of a light brownisli-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 plumbeons-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 part of abdomen of a pale roseate color, lower part 

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



