126 Description of a New Parrot. 



yellowish-green, with a tinge of light-blue at their ends; wing coverts 

 green, the small and middle ones like the back, the larger with a yellowish 

 tinge ; alula green, with the inner webs black for three-quarters their 

 length; bill horn-white; tarsi and toes chestnut-brown. 

 Length, 12 in. ; wing, 7£ ; tail, 4f. 



Habitat, unknown. 



Remarks, The parrot described above I saw while alive 



in the Central Park Menagerie, New York, but was unable to 

 determine the species. It died soon afterward, and was 

 kindly sent me for examination by Mr. Wm. A. Conklin, 

 Director of the Menagerie. 



I requested Mr. CoDkliu to try to ascertain whence it 

 came ; he saw the person who deposited it in the Menagerie, 

 and wrote me as follows : " The owner of the parrot says he 

 purchased the four birds (deposited) in Bakia. Two of these 

 are Ghrysotis amazonica, and one is G. vittata. As the last 

 was brought down the coast in some sailing vessel, the bird 

 under consideration might have accompanied it, as there is 

 always a demand in the South American ports for parrots." 



G. amazonica inhabits northern South America j but G. 

 vittata has only been found in Porto Rico. 



It is, therefore, possible that this specimen may have been 

 procured at some port in the West Indies. 



I submitted the description, and a sketch of it, to my 

 friend, Dr. Otto Finsch, of the Bremen Museum — the well- 

 known authority on parrots. He writes me : u As to the par- 

 rot, there is no doubt, in my opinion, that it is an excellent 

 new species, belonging among the small group of G. sallwi, 

 collar-is, and albifrons, distributed in the West Indies and 

 Central America, and whereabouts I suspect its habitat will 

 prove to be." 



Having my determination of it thus fortified, I do not 

 hesitate to publish it as new. 



