﻿30,2 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Hartert 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  

  

  that 
  are 
  kept 
  in 
  confinement, 
  specimens 
  procured 
  in 
  a 
  wild 
  

   state 
  are 
  so 
  rare 
  in 
  museums 
  that 
  its 
  habitat 
  could 
  only 
  be 
  

   given 
  with 
  a 
  query 
  in 
  Salvadori's 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Parrots 
  

   (/. 
  c.) 
  , 
  inhabits 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Aruba. 
  It 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  

   place 
  here 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  lowland 
  

   forests 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Coro, 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  Vene- 
  

   zuela, 
  whence 
  large 
  numbers 
  are 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  bird-shops 
  of 
  the 
  

   larger 
  towns 
  of 
  Venezuela 
  and 
  to 
  Cura9ao. 
  

  

  I 
  procured 
  three 
  adult 
  males 
  of 
  this 
  fine 
  bird. 
  They 
  are 
  

   very 
  bright- 
  coloured, 
  forehead 
  and 
  lores 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  

   ashy 
  hue, 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  

   three 
  specimens 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  neck 
  also, 
  rich 
  

   yellow 
  with 
  rosy-orange 
  bases 
  ; 
  the 
  entire 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  chin 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour, 
  corresponding 
  with 
  Brisson^s 
  

   description 
  and 
  Levaillant's 
  very 
  good 
  figure. 
  The 
  whole 
  of 
  

   the 
  cubital 
  edge, 
  the 
  bend 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   lesser 
  wing-coverts 
  bright 
  yellow 
  ['' 
  epaulettes 
  jaunes 
  " 
  of 
  

   Levaillant) 
  ; 
  thighs 
  bright 
  yellow 
  with 
  a 
  rosy 
  tinge 
  at 
  the 
  bases 
  

   of 
  the 
  feathers 
  ; 
  bill 
  whitish 
  horn- 
  colour 
  ; 
  iris 
  orange-red, 
  

   shading 
  into 
  orange-yellow 
  inwards 
  ; 
  feet 
  dark 
  grey. 
  My 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  coloured 
  thus, 
  but 
  in 
  captivity 
  these 
  birds 
  often 
  

   besmear 
  the 
  forehead 
  with 
  dirt, 
  as 
  many 
  also 
  do 
  in 
  a 
  wild 
  

   state 
  with 
  the 
  sticky 
  juice 
  of 
  the 
  fruits 
  of 
  Cactus. 
  In 
  

   European 
  Museums, 
  where 
  all 
  or 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  from 
  individuals 
  that 
  have 
  died 
  in 
  confinement, 
  the 
  

   yellow 
  is 
  often 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  extended. 
  The 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  

   perfectly 
  adult 
  bird 
  may 
  perhaps 
  never 
  be 
  acquired 
  in 
  

   Europe, 
  where 
  most 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  Parrot 
  are 
  brought 
  

   when 
  very 
  young. 
  In 
  the 
  immature 
  bird 
  the 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  

   head 
  is 
  less 
  diffused 
  round 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  the 
  chin 
  and 
  cheeks 
  are 
  

   pale 
  bluish, 
  and 
  probably 
  quite 
  blue 
  in 
  birds 
  lately 
  from 
  the 
  

   nest, 
  the 
  bluish 
  colour 
  getting 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  mixed 
  and 
  

   overspread 
  with 
  yellow 
  as 
  the 
  bird 
  gets 
  older 
  (as 
  I 
  observed 
  

   in 
  my 
  live 
  specimens 
  from 
  Coro 
  that 
  I 
  brought 
  home 
  with 
  

   me) 
  ; 
  bend 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  greenish, 
  and 
  cubital 
  edge 
  not 
  so 
  

   bright 
  yellow 
  ; 
  thighs 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  iris 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  The 
  cubital 
  edge 
  is 
  always 
  yellow, 
  except 
  in 
  its 
  innermost 
  

   corner, 
  where 
  occasionally 
  a 
  few 
  red 
  feathers 
  appear. 
  Some- 
  

  

  