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7. Conurus canicularis. 



The red-and-blue-headed ParrakeeU Edw. Birds, iv. p. 176, t. 176 \ 

 Psitiacus canicularis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 142 ^ 



Comrus canicularis, Finsch, Papag. i. p. 503 %■ Sal.. Ibis, 1871, p. 88, note ^ Salvad. Cat. Birds 



Brit. Mus. XX. p. 201 '. 

 Psittacm petzi, Leibl. in Mus. Wurz. fide Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 650 \ 



Conurus petzi, Gray, Sonance, Icon. Perr. t. 9^ Scl. P.Z. S.'l857,' p. 230 ^ Taylor, Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 120 ' ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 401 "; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y ix p 131 " ■ Mem 

 Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 296 -J Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 36"; Frantz. J. £. Orn. 

 1869, p. 365 "; Salv. Ibis, 1871, p. 92 "; P. Z. S. 1883, p. 426 " ; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. 

 p. 238 " ; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 124 " ; Cherrie, A uk, 1892, p. 327 '"; 

 Jouy, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 786 ". 

 Eupsittaca petzii, Cab. J. f. O. 1862, p. 335 "\ 

 Psitiacus {Aratinga) eburneirostris, Less. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 135 ". 



Viridis, fronte late rubro-aurantiaca, pileo postico et loris C83ruleis : subtus a mento usque ad pectus iraum 

 olivaceus, abdomine pallide viridi ; alis Cferuleis, extrorsum viridibus efc nigro terminatis, subtus griseo- 

 fuscis, tectricibus majoribus concoloribus, reliquis viridibus ; mandibulse basi plumbea, dimidio distali albido. 

 Long, tota circa 9-5, alse 5-5, caudse rectr. med. 4-5, rectr. lat. 2-8, rostri culminis 0-85, tarsi 0-5. (Descr. 

 maris ex Mazatlan, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico, Mazatlan {Grayson^^, Bischoff^\ Forrer), Santiago and San Bias in 

 Tepic (W. B. Richardson), Plains of Colima {Xantus^^, W. B. Bichardson), Rio 

 de Coahuyana, Manzanilla Bay {Xantus i^), Manzanilla, Beltran, Hacienda de San 

 Marcos ( W. Lloyd), Barranca de Beltran [Jouy 20), Acapulco s [A. H. Markham i^, 

 Mrs. H. H. Smith), Tierm Colorada, Dos Arroyos {Mrs. H. H. Smith), Fuila. 

 (BSbouch), Cacoprieto, Juchitan ^^, Chihuitan i^, Santa Efigenia i^, Tapanatepec 

 (Sumichrast'^''), Tonala (Sumichrast ^^ ^\ W. B. Bichardson); Guatemala, Retal- 

 huleu (W. B. Richardson), Rio Motagua (0. S. & F. B. G. 10 ^^); Salvador, La 

 Libertad ( W. B. Bichardson) ; Hondueas, Pacific slope (Taylor ^) ; Nicaragua 

 (Mus. Brit.); Costa Rica (v. Frantzius^^), San Jose (Carmiol^^, Zeledon ^^, 

 Cherrie ^^), Sarchi (Carmiol^^), Alajuela, Liberia (Zeledon ^^), San Juan 

 (v. Frantzius ^^). 



Conurus petzi is the name by which this Parrot is more commonly known, but 

 Count Salvador! has shown that it must be referred to Edwards's Red-and-Blue-headed 

 Parrakeet, upon which Linnseus's Psittacus canicularis was mainly founded ^. 



It has only one near ally, and that is C. aureus, a common bird over a wide area in 

 South America. Both have a wide orange patch on the forehead, extending over 

 nearly the anterior half of the crown. C. canicularis has the inner webs of the quills 

 blackish instead of olive, the forehead redder and more restricted, and no yellow 

 surrounding the eyes. But this last character is sometimes absent in specimens, 

 probably young, of C. aureus. 



Conurus canicularis is a very common species in Western Mexico, where it is 

 resident according to Grayson ^^, and Jouy ^^ found it in small flocks in the Barranca 

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