BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 

 P ARRI DJE. 



Subfamily, PARRIN^. 



Genus: PARRA. Linn. 



PARR A : LINAT^US, SYST. NA7., I. p. 259, 1766. 



PARRA GYMNOSTOMA. Wag!. 



Parra gymnostoma. — Wagl., Isis, 183 1 , p. 517. — Scl. and Salv., 

 Norn. Av. Neotr., p. 142 (1873). — Merrill, Bull. Nurt. On. 

 Club, I. p. 88 (1876). — Ridg., Norn. N. Am. Bds., No. 568 

 (1881).— Bd., Bwr. and Ridgw., N. Am. W. Bds., I. p. 176 

 (1884), — Coues, Key N. Am. Bds., p. 669 (1884). 



Parra cordifera. — Less., Rev. Zool., 1S42, p. 135. — Des Murs., 

 Icon. Orn., pi. 42. 



Parra violacea. — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 130 (1881). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Bill and comb, pale orange ; bare skin at 

 the base of the lower mandible, pale bluish white ; head, neck, 

 and upper breast, dark lustrous green ; back and wing coverts, 

 purple, shading into rich golden brown near the rump ; rump and 

 tail coverts, bright purple ; underparts, dark purple, showing a 

 tinge of dark rufous on the crissum ; most of the primaries and 



