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wing ; wing (in northern species) less than 5.00 ; top of 



cere feathered Myiopsitta. 1 



c 2 . Wing not more than 3.50 ; upper mandible very much broader than 

 high at base; tail scarcely more than half as long as wing; cere 



feathered on top Psittacula* 



a 2 . Tail slightly rounded, the feathers broad at ends. 



Third or fourth quill longest ; cere always naked, with nostrils exposed. 



Amazona? 



GENUS RHYNCHOPSITTA BONAPARTE. (Page 268, pi. LXXIIL, fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Adult: Forehead, fore-part and sides of crown, lores, and anterior lesser wing- 

 coverts, poppy-red ; under primary coverts lemon-yellow ; under surface of quills, 

 secondaries, and tail olivaceous dusky ; rest of plumage uniform grass-green, rather 

 paler and duller on lower parts, but much brighter on sides of head ; bill entirely 

 blackish. Younger: Similar to adult, but bill whitish, with a triangular dusky 

 space on each side (extending upward from cutting-edge about half-way to culmen 

 and anteriorly as far as the notch) ; red of forehead not extending over eye ; red 

 on thighs and along edge of wing interrupted and very inconspicuous. ( Young in 

 first plumage probably without any red, the plumage entirely green, except on under 

 surface of wing and tail, and bill probably entirely whitish.) Length 16.00-16.75, 

 wing 8.50-10.50, tail 6.30-7.00, graduated for 2.25-2.35, culmen 1.45-1.55, height of 

 bill at base 1.65-1.75. Hob. Northern and central Mexico (pine region) ; south- 

 western Texas and southern New Mexico. 4 



. R. pachyrhyncha (SWAINS.). Thick-billed Parrot. 



GENUS CONURUS KUHL. (Page 268, pi. LXXYIL, fig. 1.) 



Species. 



COMMON CHARACTERS (of North American and Mexican species). Prevailing 

 color uniform green ; adults with or without yellow or orange on head. 



a 1 . Cere and nostrils entirely concealed by dense feathering ; culmen rounded. 



Adult: Head and upper neck pure gamboge-yellow, the forehead, lores, and 

 cheeks deep orange or orange-red ; upper parts rich parrot-green, the 

 tertials, tips of greater wing-coverts, and basal portion of outer webs 



1 Myiopsitta BONAP., Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1854, 150. Type, Psittacus murinus GMEL. 



One Mexican and Central American species, M. lineola (CASS.) ; color uniform green, lighter beneath, more 

 or less distinctly barred above and along sides with blackish; length about 6.00 inches. 



2 Psittacula BRISS., Orn. iv. 1760, 382. Type, P. brasiliensis Brass., = Psittacus passerinus LINN. 



One species found in western Mexico as far north as Mazatlan (P. cyanopyga SOUANC) is uniform green, 

 lighter beneath, the male with rump and some of the under wing-coverts fine light blue ; length about 4.50 

 inches. 



8 Amazona LESS., Traite", 1831, 189. Type, Peittacus pulverulentus GMEL. For synopsis of Mexican species, 

 see Appendix. 



* Dr. R. W. SHUFELDT, U.S.A., in epiat.' 



