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of Nuevo Leon, and from various places all through the State of Tamaulipas. It thus 

 appears to be abundant to within a short distance of the Kio Grande. 



Its nearest ally is G.finschi of Western Mexico, but it may readily be distinguished 

 by the entirely red crown of the adult birds, the wide black margins to the feathers of 

 the hind neck, and other points mentioned above. 



9. Chrysotis autumnalis. 



The Lesser Green Parrot, Edw. Birds, iv. p. 164, t. 164 \ 



Psittacus autumnalis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 147 '; Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. p. 1 (c/. J. f. Orn. 



1863, p. 54)'. 

 Chrysotis autumnalis, Scl. P.Z. S. 1857, p. 205*; 1859, p. 389 ^ Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 59°; 



Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 401 ' ; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837°; Salv. Ibis, 1871, p. 98';' Lawr. 



Ibis, 1871, p. 250 '" ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 36 " ; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 238 '^ ; 



Perrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 163 " ; Salv. & Godm. Ibis, 1889, pp. 241 ", 373 " ; 



1890, p. 88"; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 302". 



Tiridis, fronte late, loris et speoulo alari coccineis, pilei et cervicis posticae plumis ad basin viridibus, nigro 

 terminatis, illis fascia lilacina subterminali notatis, bis plerumque tantum nigro terminatis : subtus 

 pallidior, genis viridibus, plaga magna suborbital! lutea ; alls nigris cyaneo lavatis, remigibus extus 

 viridibus, secundariis cyaneo-nigro terminatis ; cauda viridi, luteo-viridi terminata, rectricibus lateralibus 

 in pogonio iuterno ad basin luteis vix coocineo notatis ; rostro pallide corneo ; pedibus plumbeis. Long, 

 tota circa 14'0, alae 8-3, caudas 4-5, rostri culminis 1-3, tarsi 0-9. (Descr. maris ex Colipa, Mexico. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari similis. 



Hah. Mexico {Beppe ^), Tamaulipas, Tampico, Tamesi, Tantina ( W. B. Bichardson), 

 Tierra Caliente of Vera Cruz (Sumichrast ^^), Jalapa (de Oca, Edge), Colipa 

 (F. B. G.), Potrero (Sumichrast '^^), Plan del Eio, San Jose Acateno (Ferrari- 

 Perez ^^), Vega del Casadero (M. Trujillo), Playa Vicente (Boucard ^, M. Trujillo), 

 Barrio (Sumichrast ^^) ; British Hondukas, Belize (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, 

 Choctum, Las Salinas (0. 8. & F. B. G.^) ; Hondueas, Euatan I. (G. F. Gaumer i^ ^% 

 Omoa (Leyland% San Pedro (G. M. Whitely^). 



Mexican and Guatemalan specimens of this Parrot are readily distinguished from 

 those of the more southern form from Nicaragua to Panama by the presence in the 

 adult bird of a large patch of yellow feathers beneath the eye. The feathers of the 

 back of the neck are, for the most part, destitute of the lilac subterminal band, the red 

 of the forehead is wide, and the outer tail-feathers seldom have any red on the inner 

 web near the base. In the typical C. salvini from Panama the cheeks are wholly green, 

 and the feathers of the nape and back of the neck, besides their black edge, have a lilac 

 subterminal band ; the red of the forehead is narrow, and there is a large red patch on 

 the inner web of the outer rectrices. 



These distinguishing characters are not constant in birds from Nicaragua and Costa 

 Eica, many of which are certainly intermediate. Thus, a small suborbital yellow patch, 

 not always symmetrical, is not unfrequently seen. The subterminal lilac band of the 



