i!^9'-l GuNDLACIl 0)1 fotni' Ciilxni />'/r(fs. I OQ 



Parrots the yellow part of the <i^reen color is absent and in albi- 

 nism the yellow color is absent from the blue part. 



Before I arrived in Cuba, in 1S39, a blue Parrot was brought 

 from the Island of Pinos (whicli belonc^s to the Island of Cuba) 

 to Havana. Many persons have seen this Inrd. During my res- 

 idence at the Island of Pinos I tried to obtain information of that 

 species, but without lesult, and I was of the opinion that the bird 

 was an exotic one, brought first to the Island of Pinos ami after- 

 wards to Havana. 



In the year 1SS7 another blue Parrot was captured in the 

 mountains of Guantanamo (the more eastern jiart of the island of 

 Cuba). The owner was a peasant. When my friend Don Jorge 

 Preval, owner of a coflee estate in his vicinity, received notice of 

 this bird, his intention was to procure the specimen at any price, 

 but a few days before it was sold to a soldier and sent to Santiago 

 dc Cuba. I was at that time absent, and after my return I was 

 imable to ascertain whether the Parrot was still at Santiago de 

 Cul)a. 



Persons who saw this Parrot say that it had the front white 

 and the throat red, like the type of Ch>'ysotis leucocephala Linn. 

 I am convinced that both specimens were, like that observed by 

 Mr. Lawrence, only an accidental variety. 



Parrots when very old have many red or yellow feathers on 

 ditl'erent parts of the body, especially when kept in captivity. I 

 have not seen a white Parrot in this island, but have seen an 

 entirely yellow Chrysotis leucocephahis with the front white 

 and the throat red. 



I have killed also a common Parrot with the front blackish. 

 This is a case oi melanism. I have this specimen. 



A Xiphidiopict{S procussusTevcww.., female, killed by me in a 

 key near Cardenas, has a yellow tint on all the green parts. It 

 is the only specimen observed, and luay be a variety with a pre- 

 vailing yellow tint and not a ditl'erent species. 



I have seen or killed many more or less perfect albinos ; I give 

 here the list. 



• Mimocichla nibripes Temm., entirely white. 



, Geot/ilypis trichas Linn.. (J, ahnost yellow, without the black frontal 



band. 

 ' Eiutliia Icpida Linn, {oli'vacea Gmel.), entirely white, and another one 

 with yellow parts. 

 Sturnella hippocrepis Wagl., entirely white except the yellow throat. 



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