Ornithologicnl Notes from Marocco. 51 



Maquegua, and subsequently about Valdivia. All tlie Parrots 

 I shot further south were Henicognathus leptorhijnchus, but 

 the natives said the smaller species occurred as well. They 

 are properly called the '^ Catita/' but the names of '' Choroi " 

 and " Loro " are also applied to them. The sexes are similar. 

 The iris of this species is russet-brown. The natives eat these 

 Parrots when they can get them. 



Their habits are similar to those of H. lept or hy melius, and 

 they utter the same discordant cries, and appear to be 

 confined to the forests, feeding on similar trees. 



50. BOLBORHYNCHUS ORBIGNYI (Bp.). 



Bolborhynchus orbignyi, Salvad. B. M. C. xx. p. 236. 



Bolborhynchus orbignesius, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 135. 



(Sacaya.) 



These little Parrots occur in flocks at Sacaya, Yabricoya, 

 and other localities in Tarapaca, from November to March. 



They are called the '' Lorito." They fed on the ground 

 in the valley of Sacaya wherever the coarse Andean grasses 

 grew, the seed of which they appear to relish. I observed 

 them up to 11,000 feet. When on the wing, and in fact 

 almost always, they keep up a good deal of chattering and 

 screaming. 



The sexes appear to be similar. The eye is l)lack. 

 [To be continued.] 



IV. — Ornithological Notes from Marocco. 

 By P. W. MuNN. 



In the beginning of May 1895 I left Gibraltar for Ceuta 

 via Algeciras, — as no boat runs direct fi'om Gibraltar to 

 Ccuta, — and any anticipated difficulty with the Custom- 

 house at Algeciras about my gun and ammunition would be 

 evaded by taking them direct from one steamer to the other, 

 without the knowledge of the authorities, and concealing 

 them beneath the cushions in the cabin of the Ceuta boat. 

 The usual uncomfortable passage across the Straits was 

 made in 2^ hours and on nearing the port the gun-difficulty 



