on the Parrots. 455 



— Conurus maugei (Souance) ; Rothsch. Bull. B. O. C. xvi. 

 p. 15 (1905). 



Conurus chloropterus Cory (ncc Souance), Auk, ix. p. 2:28 

 (Mona Isl.) (1892); Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 15, n. 15 

 (1900). 



Mr. Cory attributes to C. chloropterus a specimen procured 

 in the Island of Mona by Mr. Brown, and expresses the 

 opinion that C. gundlachi Cab. from Mona is inseparable 

 from the San Domingo bird (C. chloropterus). This state- 

 ment is quite against the evidence, as ('. gundlachi ( = maugei) 

 has the whole of the under wing-coverts, greater and smaller, 

 ra\, while the same feathers are green in C. chloropterus ! 

 I imagine that Brown's bird from Mona is a young speci- 

 men, and that the green under wing-coverts arc a sign of 

 immaturity. 



Conurus rubritorques Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 539, 

 pi. lvi.: Cab. J. f. O. L888, p. 100; Salv. & Godm. Ibis, 

 1892, p. .'528 (Nicaragua) ; Salvad. Bull. B. O. C. i. p. xi 

 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 122 ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 9th ed. 

 p. 339 (1890); Dub. Syn. Av. p. 12, n. 150 (1899); Sharpe, 

 Hand-list, ii. p. 13, n. 20 (1900). 



(Jon urns holochlorus part., Salvad. Cat. B. xx. p. 189 

 (1891). 



Similar to C. holochlorus, but having the throat and a few 

 feathers on the sides of I he neck, adjoining the throat, red ; 

 these feathers form an incipient collar ; eye-region naked ; 

 bill and feet whitish. Total length 11*5 inches; wing 5"0; 

 tail 4-7. 



Hab. Nicaragua. 



In the Catalogue of the British Museum 1 united this 

 species with C. holochlorus, but after the inspection of a 

 series often specimens collected by Mr. W. B. Richardson 

 in Nicaragua, .Messrs. Salvin & Godman recognised that it 

 was distinct from C. holochlorus. I have already expressed 

 my agreement with this. The red feathers on the sides of 

 the neck arc not present in every individual ; the want of 

 them appears to Ik- a sign of immaturity. 



