EHYNCHOPSITTACUS.— CONUEUS. 571 



secured specimens on the Sierra Madre between Mazatlan and Diirango, and 

 Mr. Eobinette obtained three examples near Pachico in Chihuahua when he was with 

 the Lumholtz Archaeological Expedition of 1890-91 lo. 



These records of localities are all we have concerning this Parrot ; no account of its 

 habits have reached us. 



R. pachyrhynchus has been placed amongst the North- American birds on the strength 

 of a specimen said to have been shot on the Kio Grande, Texas. But in the second 

 edition (1895) of the 'Check-list of North-American Birds' (p. 330) it is relegated to 

 the hypothetical list. It has since been again brought forward by Mr. Eidgway 

 as a North-American bird in the second edition (1896) of his 'Manual' (p. 269) ", 

 Dr. R. W. Shufeldt having reported its presence in Southern New Mexico. 



Being an inhabitant of upland pine-forests, it may well occur in such districts across 

 the frontier of Northern Mexico. 



CONUEUS. 



Conurus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 4 (1820) ; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 170. 



A characteristic genus of South- American Parrots, numerous in species and indi- 

 viduals. Count Salvadori admits twenty-eight species, to which C. rubritorquis must 

 be added, making a total of twenty-nine, which are spread over a wide area, extending 

 from Socorro I. and Southern Mexico to Bolivia and Paraguay. 



In our region seven species only are found, and, though having no very marked 

 characters, none of them occur beyond our limits in South America. 



As a genus, Conurus may be distinguished from Rhynchopsittacus by the bill not 

 being compressed, but the sides of the maxilla are rather swollen, the mandible broad 

 and rounded, not flattened in front nor grooved, the culmen of the maxilla being both. 

 The fourth primary is attenuated at the end, and the nostrils fully exposed, but 

 surrounded by small scattered feathers. According to Garrod the ambiens muscle is 

 always present. 



1. Oonurus finschi. 



Conurus finschi, Salv, Ibis, 1871, p. 91, t. 4'; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 134"; 

 Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 184'; Cherrie, Auk, 1892, p. 327*; Bichmond, Pr. 

 U. S.Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 519'. 



Yiridis, fronte et pileo antico coccineis, margine carpali et teotricibus alarum subtus minoribus proximis 

 eoccineis, reliquis interioribus luteo-viridibus, tectricibus majoribus subtus oleagineis, extimis paucis pure 

 luteis ; remigibus et rectrioibus subtus oleagineis ; rostro flavido ; pedibus carneis. Long, tota circa 11-5, 

 alse 6-3, caudse reotr. med. 5-5, rectr, lat. 2-7, rostri culminis 1-2, tarsi 0-6. (Descr. exempl. typ. ex 

 Bugaba, Chiriqui. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. NiCAEAGUA, E. Escondido {Richmond ^), Eama ( W. B. Richardson) ; Costa Eica, 

 Naranjo de Cartago (Zeledon^), San Jose (Zeledon^, Cherrie^); Panama, Bugaba 

 (ArcS ^). 



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