BEOTOGERTS.— CHETSOTIS. 583 



{Taylor 7) ; Nicaragua, Omotepe I.21, San Juan del Sur 20 [Nutting), San Carlos 

 (Richmond ^^), Chinandega, San Emilio (W. B. Richardson); Costa Kica, Nicoya 

 {v. Frantzius^^ Puntarenas, San Mateo (Zeledon^^), La Palma {Nutting '^^), 

 Bebedero {Arc6^\ Underwood ^^), Miravalles {Underwood ^^), San Carlos 

 {Boucard i^) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui i3, Mina de Chorcha, Bugaba i^, 

 Calovevora {Arc^), Lion Hill {M'Leannan^^% Paraiso Station {Hughes).— 

 Colombia ^^. 



Brotogerys jugularis belongs to the short-tailed section of the genus, and its distin- 

 guishing features, taken as a whole together, are the absence of a yellow patch on the 

 sinciput, its rather long bill, its green cheeks, and orange chin. The primary-coverts 

 are blue, not yellow, the upper wing-coverts are tinged with brown, and the under 

 wing-coverts yellow. 



Its range seems to be exclusively restricted to the western tropical parts of Central 

 America from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where it is common, through the coast- 

 region of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua (abundant at San Juan del Sur 

 and on the island of Omotepe), and Costa Eica, bordering the Pacific Ocean. Passing 

 along the Isthmus of Panama it occurs in Northern Colombia in the Cauca Valley, and 

 is found in the trade collections sent from Bogota, the skins being probably obtained 

 from the valley of the Magdalena. 



Of the habits of this species there seems little to record. We found it in the 

 lowlands of the Pacific coast, associating in flocks, and having the usual habits of the 

 smaller members of the family. 



Lawrence's Psittovixis suhcceruleus^^ Avas based upon a bluish individual of this 

 species shot by M'Leannan from a flock of the ordinary form. Though recognized 

 as a distinct species by Dr. Pinsch, and figured in his work^e, there can be no 

 doubt the type is only an abnormally-coloured specimen of B. jugularis. No similar 

 specimens have been since seen ^^. 



CHRYSOTIS. 



Psittacus [Amazona), Lesson, Traits d'Orn. p. 189 (1831). 



Chrysotis, Swainson, Classif. Birds, ii. p. 300 (1837) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 268. 



Amazona, Lesson, Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 194 (1847); Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 587. 



The genus Chrysotis is the largest of the order in South America, containing, 

 according to Count Salvadori, forty-two species. Many of these species are numerous 

 in individuals, so that this group of Parrots is a marked feature in the bird-fauna of 

 the hotter parts of Central and South America, and is represented by several very striking 

 forms in some of the West-Indian Islands. The northern limit of the range of Chrysotis 

 reaches to that of the Neotropical region in Northern Mexico, and in the south it 

 extends to South Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia. 



