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dozen to fifty or more, and keep in the open woodland and scattering 

 trees more than in the heavy forests. As a rule they are very tame 

 and can be easily approached as they sit together in pairs in a very 

 affectionate manner. 



191. Amazona virenticeps Salvadori. 



Chrysotis pulverulenta LAWRENCE, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 131 (Cervantes 

 [J. Carmiol]). 



Chrysotis guatemalce Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 365 (Cervantes). — Law- 

 rence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 145 (Cervantes [J. Carmiol]). 



Amazona guatemalce Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 124 (San 

 Mateo) 



Chrysotis farinosa Boucard, P. Z. S., '1878, 46 (San Carlos). 



Chrysotis virenticeps Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XX, 1891, 280 (An- 

 gostura [J. Carmiol]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 

 l &97> 585 (Costa Rica and Chiriqui). 



Amazona virenticeps Sharpe, Hand- List, II, 1900, 20. 



U. S. Nat. Museum : Bonilla (Basulto). 



Bangs Collection : Reventazon (Underwood). 



C. H. Lankester Collection : Guacimo. 



Carnegie Museum : Cuabre de Talamanca (Carriker). One skin. 



This species is merely the southern representative of A. guatemala 

 from which it differs very little. Perhaps it should be considered 

 only subspecifically distinct from that species, but from lack of material 

 for comparison I have decided to follow other writers and retain it as 

 a full species. 



Notwithstanding that there is one record of the taking of this bird 

 on the Pacific slope, I believe it to be confined almost entirely to the 

 lowlands of the Caribbean within the limits of Costa Rica. It is not 

 a common bird in Costa Rica, and one seldom seen. They keep to 

 the heavy forest, but are occasionally seen flying over the open country 

 in pairs. 



192. Amazona auropalliata (Lesson). 



Psittacus (Amazona) auropalliatus Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1842, 135. 



Chrysotis auropalliata Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 145 (San Jose 

 [Frantzius]). — NUTTING, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 402 (La Palma 

 de Nicoya). — Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XX, 1891, 291 (Western 

 side — Guatemala to Costa Rica). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 445 (Mira- 

 valles and Bagaces). 



Amazona auropalliata Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 124 (Liberia). 



U. S. Nat. Museum : Pigres (Ridgway and Zeledon). 



