THE AMERICAN SHARP-TAILED PARROTS 



1881 



other's heads and necks, and always at night nestling as close as possible to each 

 other, preferring at that time a perpendicular position, supported by their beak 

 and claws." They lay from three to five eggs, and, if taken young, are readily 

 tamed. The golden conure (C. solstitialis} , of Guiana, is golden yellow with the 

 exception of parts of the wings which are green and blue. 



SWGHT-BIIXED PARRAQUET. 

 (Two-fifths natural size.) 



The great length and comparative straightness of the upper 

 Slight-Billed ... * r 4 . ' . .. ... & 



p mandible of the parrot represented m the illustration, serves to dis- 



tinguish it at a glance from all its kindred. This bird is the 

 slight-billed parraquet {Henicognathus leptorhynchus} , the sole representative of 

 its genus, and restricted to Chili, where it appears to be abundant. It is about 

 fifteen inches in total length, and the general color of its plumage is dull green, 

 becoming somewhat brighter on the top of the head, in which region each feather 

 has a dusky edge. This color is relieved by dull crimson on the forehead, lores, 

 and round the eyes; and there is a faint patch of dull red on the abdomen, and some 



