572 PSITTACED^. 



Comirus finscM is the most northern member of a small section of the genus found 

 in the western countries of South America from Bolivia to Colombia, and distin- 

 guished by their having a more or less wide scarlet band across the forehead and 

 anterior portion of the crown. The lores being only partially instead of wholly red 

 associates this Parrot with C. wagleri, from which it is again to be distinguished by the 

 scarlet lesser wing-coverts of the under surface of the wing. 



It was first discovered by Arce, who sent us three specimens from Bugaba, in the 

 district of Chiriqui ^, and has now been traced to Costa Eica, and even to Eastern 

 Nicaragua, where Mr. Eichmond^ found it to be common on the Eio Escondido, 

 where it was usually to be seen feeding in the large trees standing in the plantations, 

 but at times in small trees bordering the forest. Here he once saw a flock of about 

 twenty-five scattered in low trees that were laden with berries. These birds were 

 tame and allowed him to approach them very closely. Mr. Eichardson also met 

 with C.Jinschi in the same district. In Costa Eica Mr. Cherrie says this species is 

 a rare straggler about San Jose *. 



2. Conurus holochlorus. 



Conurus holochlorus, Scl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1859, iv. p. 224'; P. Z. S. 1859, p. 368"; 1864, 

 p. 177'; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 44*; Salv. Ibis, 1871, p. 92'; Cat. Strickl. Coll. 

 p. 465°; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 238'; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 395'; 

 Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 189 '. 



Psittacus guianensis, Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. p. 1 (c/. J. f . Orn. 1863, p. 54) ", 



Viridis, fere unicolor, snbtus pauln pallidior, tectricibus alarum majoribus et margine alari vix eseruleo tinctis : 

 alis et Cauda subtus olivescentibus, tectricibus subalaribus majoribus ejusdem coloris, reliquis viridibus ; 

 ooulorum ambitu carneo ; rostro flavido ; pedibus carneis. Long, tota circa 12-0, alae 6-7, caudse rectr. 

 med. 5-7, rectr. lat. 3-3, rostri culminis 1-15, tarsi 0'65. (Descr. exempl. ex Jalapa, Mexico. Mus. 

 nostr.) 



Hob. Mexico (Deppe) ^^, Eio Camacho in Nuevo Leon {F.B. Armstrong), Sierra Madre and 

 Xicotencal in Tamaulipas, Valles in San Luis Potosi {W. B. Richardson), Misantla, 

 Santana, Eio .Juan Martin, Hacienda Tortugas {F. Ferrari-Perez), Jalapa {de Oca ^, 

 C. F. Edge), Omealca (Sumichrast'') ; Guatemala (Constancia% El Eincon in San 

 Marcos and Santa Maria de Quezaltenango {W. B. Richardson), Duenas, San 

 Geronimo {0.S.& F. D. G^); Salvador, Volcan de San Miguel ( W. B. Richardson); 

 Nicaragua, Omotepe {Nutting ^, W. B. Richardson). 



In Count Salvadori's key to the species of Conurus this species is placed in a section 

 in which the plumage has normally no red patches of feathers. Now that we know 

 more of C. ruhriforquis with its red throat, and which is evidently a near ally of 

 C. holochlorus. this definition must be modified to include C. rubritorguis. If the 

 words " except the throat " were added to the definition the key may still stand. The 



