580 PSITTACID^. 



Conurus lineolatus, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 137 ^ 1863, p. 96'; Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 319'. 

 Bolborhynchus lineolatus, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 130 ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1871, p. 94 " ; Salvad. Cat. Birds 



Brit. Mus. XX. p. 239". 

 Myiopsitta catharina, Bp. Compt. Rend. xliv. p. 538 ". 

 Supra viridis, fronte et loris paulo caerulesoentioribus, dorso toto, cerviois lateribus, hypoohondriis et teotrioibus 



alarum plu mis omnibus nigro terminalis : subtus medialiter •\-iridis immaculatus, tectricibus subcaudalibus 



nigro puQCtatis, remigibus nigris extrorsum viridi limbatis, subalaribus prasinis ; rostro et pedibus flavis. 



Long, tota circa 6-5, alae 4-1, caudie 2-3, rostri culminis 0-6, tarsi 0-45. (Descr. exempl. ex Volcan de 



Fuego, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Mexico 12 {White ^), Cordova {SalU% Coatepec {Ferrari-Perez), Cozumel I. 

 (Cabot <^)1; Guatemala, Volcan de Fuego (0. S. & F. B. G.^'^^), Chiquimula 

 {Mus. Soc. Econ. de Guatemala) ; Costa Eica, Angostura {Carmiol % Naranjo de 

 Cartage {Zeledon'^) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui {ArG6). — Venezuela i^? 



This pretty little Parrot differs from all other members of the genus Bolborhynchus 

 in having the back and flanks conspicuously banded with black. It was first described 

 by Cassin from Mexican specimens in 1853, in the ' Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Philadelphia'!, and figured two years afterwards in the ' Journal ' of the same Society 2. 

 Its range in Mexico seems restricted to the mountains of Vera Cruz, where Salle 

 obtained a specimen near Cordova ^, and Sefior Ferrari-Perez others in August and 

 September at Coatepec, near Jalapa. The origin of a specimen in Mr. White's 

 collection ^ cannot be given with certainty, as it may have been taken to Mexico from 

 a distance. It has been stated that Dr, Cabot had a specimen in his collection from 

 the island of Cozumel ^, but no trace of it existed when Salvin examined this collection 

 in 1874. 



In Guatemala, B. lineolatus is by no means common, and but few specimens occurred 

 in the native-made collections of Vera Paz. We once came across a small flock in 

 November 1861, in a tree overhanging the road which winds up the mountain-side 

 above the rancheria of Calderas on the northern slope of the Volcan de Fuego, and 

 secured several specimens before the rest took fright and flew away. In 1873 there 

 was a mounted bird of this species in the museum of the Sociedad Economica de 

 Guatemala^ labelled as having been obtained at Chiquimula, a town to the eastward of 

 the city, in a valley draining into that of the Motagua river. 



In Costa Rica this Parrot has been reported from several places, and in the adjoining 

 part of the State of Panama it seems to be not uncommon on the slopes of the Volcan 

 de Chiriqui. 



PSITTACULA. 



Psittacula, llliger, Prodr. p. 200 (1811) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 240. 



This genus contains the smallest Parrots of the American continent. As in 

 Bolborhynchus, the bill is rather swollen, the cere bare with a few isolated bristles, the 

 nostrils being fully exposed ; the tomia of the maxilla has a very distinct tooth; the 



