574 PSITTACID^. 



received from our collector Mr. Richardson a number of specimens from Matagalpa, all 

 of which had the red throat, and the fact was noted in ' The Ibis ' for that year ; 

 Count Salvadori, having examined these birds, then admitted the distinctness of 

 C. ruhritorquis from C. holochlorus. 



Besides the Matagalpa specimens, Mr. Richardson has also sent us examples from 

 the Volcan de San Miguel in Salvador, so that the range of this Parrot seems restricted 

 to the highlands of Northern Nicaragua and the adjoining parts of Honduras and 

 Salvador. C. holochlorus also occurs on the Volcan de San Miguel and as far south as 

 the island of Omotepe in the Lake of Nicaragua. In Eastern Nicaragua the only 

 Conurus of this group is C. finschi. 



The type was probably brought from the interior of Nicaragua, and shipped for 

 Liverpool at the port of Greytown. 



4. Conurus brevipes. 



Conurus holochlorus, var. brevipes, Baird, Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 54' ; Grayson^ Pr. Bost. See. N. H. 



xiv. p. 398 ^ Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 295 '. 

 Conurus brevipes, Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 191 *. 



C. Jiolochloro similis, sed pedibus debilioribus, digito exfcerno breviore, colore omnino subtus saturatiore viridi. 

 Long, tota circa 12-5, alee 6-6, caudae rectr. med. 6-0, rectr. lat. 3-7, rostri culminis 1-3, tarsi 0-7. (Descr. 

 exempl. ex Socorro I. Smiths. Inst. no. 55,913. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Mexico, Socorro I. {Grayson^ ^). 



This bird is very closely allied to C. holochlorus, so much so that it has usually been 

 treated as a " variety " of that species. But its isolated island home and the constancy 

 of the slight characters which distinguish it make its recognition as a species desirable. 

 We therefore follow Count Salvadori in so treating it. 



The late Col. Grayson discovered this Parrot when he visited the island of Socorro 

 in May 1867, and his is the only account of it as yet published. His notes concerning 

 it are as follows : — " This Parrakeet is quite abundant, and evidently belongs to this 

 locality (Socorro I.), which it never leaves ; they are to be met with in flocks or in 

 pairs. In the mornings they left the cove in which we were encamped for the higher 

 regions of the interior to feed, returning again in the evening to roost. This cove, in 

 which the trees are larger and the shade more dense than in other parts of the island, 

 seems to be their favourite resort. I saw them at times walking about on the ground 

 beneath these trees, apparently picking up clay or gravel ; they were remarkably tame, 

 exhibiting no fear in our presence. Three cages were soon filled with them, which 

 were caught by hand, and their constant whistling for their mates brought many of 

 them into camp, perching upon the cages and elsewhere ; they feed upon a hard nut 

 which they find in the mountain-gorges, but on account of the inaccessible localities 

 where this fruit grew I was unable to discover it. The powerful jaws of this Parrakeet 

 would indicate the fruit to be very hard." 



