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is seldom if ever that the young of a nest are of the same sex, but always male and 

 female. 



Grayson also says that it is usually supposed that Parrots do not drink ; but this is a 

 mistake, as they have their watering-places, such as brooks overhung with trees, 

 whither they resort about ten or eleven o'clock in the forenoon to drink, and sometimes 

 to bathe also. 



The late Mr. Jouy ^^ found Chrysotis finschi to be the most abundant species of the 

 family in Southern Jalisco, being common in the Barranca de Beltran in March. 

 During the day these birds are scattered in small flocks all over the country, feeding 

 on various wild fruits, but towards evening they assemble in flocks of thirty or more 

 and delight in taking long flights up and down the barranca screaming in noisy chorus 

 all the time. Suddenly they swerve in their course and alight in a large tree, and for 

 a few moments all is silent, when, apparently without cause, they fly forth and seek 

 another tree and repeat the performance, which they keep up until darkness sends 

 them to their final roosting-place. Ordinarily stupid and easily approached they 

 seem to be unusually suspicious at nightfall, and occasionally fly quite high, when their 

 rapid and powerful flight much resembles that of a wild duck. 



Jouy describes the colours of the soft parts as follows : — Inner ring of iris brown- 

 ochre, central portion chrome, outer edge orange ; bill pale yellow, brightest on the 

 sides of the mandible. Naked skin round the eye dusky lead-colour ; toes lead-colour, 

 nails dusky." 



8. Chrysotis viridigena. 



Chrysotis viridigenalis, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. vi. p. 371^; Journ. Ac. Phil. iii. p. 153, t. 13 'j 



Salv. & Godm. Ibis, 1889, p. 241 \ 

 Chrysotis viridigena, Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 297 *. 



Chrysotis coccineifrons, Souance, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 154°; Lawr. Ibis, 1871, p. 251°. 

 C. finschi similis, sed capite toto summo cum fronte et loris Isete coccineis, colore csBi-uleo arese postocularis 



restricto, plumis cervicis posticae late nigro terminatis, sed corpore subtus et dorse fere unicoloribus. 



Long, tota circa 13-0, ala) 8-3, caudae 4-4, rostri culminis 1-4, tarsi 0-8. (Descr. maris ex Colipa, Mexico. 



Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Mexico, Monte Morelos, Eio Comacho in Tamaulipas [F. B. Armstrong ^), Sierra 

 Madre above Ciudad Victoria, Tampico, Tantina, Tamesi ( W. B. Richardson 3), 

 Colipa in Vera Cruz {F. D. G?). 



Though this Parrot was described as long ago as 1853 by Cassin i, and living 

 specimens have from time to time been brought to the Zoological Gardens of Europe, 

 it is only quite recently that its native home has been ascertained. 



In March 1888 Godman obtained two specimens during a short excursion from 

 Jalapa to Colipa in the lowlands of Vera Cruz, and soon afterwards our collectors 

 Eichardson and Armstrong secured us many examples from the district lying to the 

 north of Misantla, as far north as the Rio Comacho and Monte Morelos in the State 



