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In his further account of this bird, published in Lawrence's ' Birds of North-western 

 Mexico,' Grayson speaks of its great tameness and his reluctance to kill specimens for 

 his collection^. 



The habits of C. irevipes thus differ greatly from those of C. holochlorus. 



5. Conurus aztec. 



Conurus astec, Souance, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1857, p. 97'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 388"; Moore, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, p. 59'; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 137 ^ P. Z. S. 1867, p. 280 ^ 1870, 

 p. 837°; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 120'; Boucard, P. Z. S, 1878, p. 46'; Sumiclirast, La Nat. 

 V. p. 238°; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S.Nat. Mus. ix, p. 163'°; Salv. & Godm. Ibis, 1889, 

 p. 373 '' ; 1890, p. 88 ". 



Conurus aztec, Souance, Icoq. Perr. 1. 12. f . 2 " ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 185 " ; ix. p. 207 '' ; 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 35"; Salv. Ibis, 1871, p. 93 "; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, 

 p. 455''; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 407"; Salv. & Godm. Ibis, 1889, p. 291" ; 

 Stone & Baker, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1890, p. 205''; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 192"'; 

 Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 519". 



Psittacuspertinax, juv., Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. p. 1 (c/. J. f. Om. 1863, p. 54)". 



Supra viridis, fronte anguste fusca, eera inter et circiim nares plumulis aurantiacis semivestita ; capitis lateribus 

 efc genis dorso concoloribus : subtus fusco-viridis, abdomine flaveacentiore, plumarum rhachidibus omnibus 

 nigricantibus ; alis CEsrulescentibus, extrorsum viridibus et nigricante terminatis, subtus fusois, tectrioibus 

 majoribus concoloribus, reliquis viridibus ; rostro corneo, apice pallido ; pedibus nigricantibus. Long, tota 

 circa 9-5, ate 5-2, caudse rectr. med. 4-6, reotr. lat. 2-4, rostri culminis 0-8, tarai 0-5. (Descr. exempl. ex 

 Yucatan. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Mexico ^ {I)eppe^% Tampico (TT. IB. Richardson), Vera Cruz {Boucard), Misantla 

 {F. D. G., Ferrari-Perez, M. Trujillo), Vega del Casadero, La Antigua, Sochiapa, 

 Playa Vicente {Boucard^, M.Trujillo), Jalapa, San Lorenzo near Cordova, Plan 

 del Rio I*' {Ferrari-Perez), Omealca, Cosamaloapam {Sumichrast ^), Atoyac, Teapa 

 {Mrs. H. H. Smith), N. Yucatan, Citilpech, Tekanto, Ticul, Labna {Stone & 

 5ff/5;gr2i), Merida {Schott^^), Izamal i^, Holbox L" {G. F. Gaumer), Guichicovi 

 {Sumichrast ^ ^^) ; Bbitish Honduras, Belize river {Lei/land ^ ^), Orange Walk, 

 Belize(G^. F. Gaumer); Guatemala, Peten, Cahabon {0. S. & F. D. G'.") ; Honduras, 

 Omoa {Leyland^), San Pedro {G. M. Whitely% Comayagua {G. C. Taylor''); 

 Nicaragua, La Libertad ( W. B. Richardson), Los Sabalos {Nutting ^^), Blewfields 

 {Wic]cham% R. Escondido {Richmond ^% Greytown {Holland^^); Costa EicA 

 [Carmiol), San Carlos {Boucard^). 



The wings of the species of the section of Conurus to which C. aztec belongs are 

 partly blue, the primary-coverts and the quills being more or less tinted with blue. 

 In having no wide orange-red band across the forehead it can be distinguished at once 

 from C. canicularis, and in the absence of yellow about the eye from C. ocularis. The 

 most nearly allied species is G. nanus of Jamaica, but may be recognized by the 

 throat and breast being olive tinged with brown instead of dusky brown, and in the 



