•2 2 Oberholser, Description of a Nexv Amazilia. \]L\ 



dense strong red feathers above the bill at the age of eight 

 weeks. It was very tame at this age and when I placed it on 

 the ground and walked away ten steps, it followed me and 

 crawled upon my shoe. It partook by itself of the offered food. 

 The old birds are very devoted to each other and are always 

 together, and if one flies away the other follows immediately. 

 They stand cold very well, but enjoy having their under parts 

 touched by warm breath, for which purpose they cling to the wires 

 and permit me to breath upon them, pecking me on the nose 

 tenderly at the same time. In the cage I can play with them as 

 I wish and even take them in my hands, but I dare not grasp 

 or close the hand, for then they slip away at once, screaming.' 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW AMAZILIA. 



BY HARRY C. OBERHOLSER. 



" A COMPARISON of specimens of Amazilia cefviniventris Gould, 

 from Texas, with examples from the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 

 seems to indicate that there exist two geographical races of this 

 species, one of which is without a name. As the type of A. 

 cerviniventris came from Cordova, Vera Cruz,^ it is proposed to 

 characterize the Texas form as 



Amazilia cerviniventris chalconota, subsp. nov. 



Chars. SUBSP. — Amazilia A. cervitiiveiitri ajftjiis, sed abdomine crisso 

 que consficue dibitioribus ' notaeo paulo magis aureo tincto. 



Al., 52-59 (55.2) mm.; caud., 31-38 (33.9) mm.; cvilm. exp., 20-22 (21) 

 mm. 



Habitat. — Valley of the Lower Rio Grande, with the coast region of 

 southern Texas, north to Bee County, and south in winter into eastern 

 Mexico. 



'Carolina Paroquets have been living in the Zoological Garden at Frankfort 

 a. M. for ten to twelve years ( according to the report of Dr. Max Schmidt) . 

 — Karl Russ. 



2 Gould, Proc. Z06I. Soc. Lond., 1856, 150. 



