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278. CONURUS MITRATUS, Tsch. 

 (RED- HEADED PARROT.) 



Conurus mitratus, Tsch. Faun. Per., Av. p. 272, t. xxvi. f. 2 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 112. Conurus hilaris, Surm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 442 (Tucu- 

 maii) ; id. Wiegm. Arch. 1879, pt. i. p. 100 ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 75. 



Description. Bright green; front and sides of head red: beneath rather 

 paler ; under wing-coverts green ; lower surface of tail yellowish ; in some 

 specimens with irregular patches of red on the neck and breast ; bill pale ; feet 

 brown : whole length 14-0 inches, wing 8-0, tail 7'0. 



Hab. Peru, Bolivia, and Northern Argentina. 



Dr. Burmeister met with this Parrot near Tucuman, where he found 

 it " very common, especially in winter." At first he made a new 

 species of it, but afterwards recognized its identity with Conurus mitratus 

 of Tschudi. 



Dr. Burmeister has kindly sent two specimens of this bird to Sclater, 

 for his collection. Sclater has also examples of the same species 

 procured by Schulz near Cordova, and in Bolivia by Bridges. 



279. CONURUS MOLINA, Mass, et Souanc. 



(MOLINA'S PARROT.) 



[PLATE XIV.] 



Conurus molinae, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 112 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 621 

 (Salta). 



Description. Above green ; crown brown ; nape bluish ; cheeks green ; wings 

 edged with blue ; tail coppery red : beneath green, breast and sides of neck 

 whity brown, with dark cross bars ; middle of belly dull red : whole length 

 9 '5 inches, wing 5*0, tail 5'3. Female similar. 



Hab. Bolivia, S. Brazil, and N. Argentina. 



White met with this Parrot in the dense forests of Campo Colorado 

 near Oran, where it is found in flocks of about twenty, " their flight 

 being limited, for the most part, to the clear aisles beneath the 

 branches." White's specimen in Sclater' s collection, from which our 

 figure (Plate XIV.) is taken, agrees with others of the species obtained 

 by Natterer in Mato Grosso. 



280. BOLBORHYNCHUS MONACHUS (Bodd.). 

 (GREEN PARRAKEET.) 



Conurus murinus, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 441 j Darwin, Zool. Beagle, 

 iii. p. 112 (Parana). Bolborhynchus monachus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 



