BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 



PSITTACID^E. 



Subfamily, ARIN^ 



Genus: CONURUS. Kuhl. 

 CONURUS: KUHL, COXSP. PS ITT., 4, 1830. 



CONURUS CHLOROPTERUS. (Souance) 



Psittacara chloroptera. Souance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1856, p. 59. 

 Conurus chloropterus. Scl., P. Z. S., 1S57, p. 234. — Finsch, Die 



Papag. Mon. Bearb., I. p. 469 (1867). 

 Psittacus {Conurus) chloropterus. Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 



XI. p. 96 (1866). 



Sp. Char., Male. — General plumage, yellowish green, darkest 

 on the tail and wings ; under surface of wings and tail, greenish 

 yellow; under wing coverts, bright scarlet, showing upon the edge 

 of the wing ; bill, pale ; feet, dark brown ; some specimens occa- 

 sionally show feathers tipped with red upon the back and wings, 

 but generally so slightly as to be hardly noticeable. Immature 

 birds often show yellow on the primaries. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length 12; wing 7; tail 6; tarsus .50. 



The present species is closely allied to Conurus pavua, but 

 may easily be distinguished from it by numerous constant char- 



