RHYNCHOPSITTA. 



269 



wing; wing (in northern species) less than 5.00; top of 



cere feathered Myiopsitta. 1 



<?. Wing not more than 3.50; upper mandible very much broader than 

 high at base; tail- scarcely more than half as long as wing; cere 



feathered on top Psittacula? 



a 2 . Tail slightly rounded, the feathers broad at ends. 



Third or fourth quill longest ; cere always naked, with nostrils exposed. 



Amazona? 



Genus RHYNCHOPSITTA Bonaparte. (Page 268, pi. LXXIIL, fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Adult : Forehead, fore-part and sides of crown, lores, and anterior lesser wing- 

 coverts, poppy-red ; under primary coverts lemon-yellow ; under surface of quills, 

 secondaries, and tail olivaceous dusky ; rest of plumage uniform grass-green, rather 

 paler and duller on lower parts, but much brighter on sides of head ; bill entirely 

 blackish. Younger : Similar to adult, but bill whitish, with a triangular dusky 

 space on each side (extending upward from cutting-edge about half-way to culmen 

 and anteriorly as far as the notch) ; red of forehead not extending over eye ; red 

 on thighs and along edge of wing interrupted and very inconspicuous. ( Young in 

 first plumage probably without any red, the plumage entirely green, except on under 

 surface of wing and tail, and bill probably entirely whitish.) Length 16.00-16.75, 

 wing 8.50-10.50, tail 6.30-7.00, graduated for 2.25-2.35, culmen 1.45-1.55, height of 

 bill at base 1.65-1.75. Hab. Northern and central Mexico (pine region) ; south- 

 western Texas and southern New Mexico. 4 



— . R. pachyrhyncha (Swains.). Thick-billed Parrot. 



Genus CONURUS Kuhl. (Page 268, pi. LXXVIL, fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Common Characters (of North American and Mexican species). — Prevailing 

 color uniform green ; adults with or without yellow or orange on head. 



a 1 . Cere and nostrils entirely concealed by dense feathering ; culmen rounded. 



Adult: Head and upper neck pure gamboge-yellow, the forehead, lores, and 

 cheeks deep orange or orange-red; upper parts rich parrot-green, the 

 tertials, tips of greater wing-coverts, and basal portion of outer webs 



1 Myiopsitta Bonap., Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1854, 150. Type, Peittacm murinus Gmel. 



One Mexican and Central American species, M. lineola (Cass.) ; color uniform green, lighter beneath, more 

 or less distinctly barred above and along sides with blackish ; length about 6.00 inches. 



2 Paittacula Briss., Orn. iv. 1760, 382. Type, P. braailienaia Briss., = Paittacua paaeerinus Linn. 



One species found in western Mexico as far north as Mazatlan (P. cyanopyga Sor/ANCE) is nniform green, 

 lighter beneath, the male with rump and some of the under wing-coverts fine light blue ; length about 4.50 

 inches. 



8 Amazona Less., Traite", 1831, 189. Type, Paittacua pulverulentua Gmel. For synopsis of Mexican species, 

 see Appendix. 



4 Dr. R. W. Shupeldt, U.S.A., in epiat. 



