270 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Lister says : “ An inhabitant of the high woods It appears to 
breed during the months of April and May, though no one has yet 
been able to procure the young. 
“The individuals that have been sent to Europe are birds that 
have been winged. During the latter part of August and the begin¬ 
ning of September I shot several examples that were moulting.” 
Ober says that it “is confined to the great central ridge running 
through the island. Like the Rainier ( Colurnba squamosa) it feeds 
in the tops of the highest trees, its season for good condition being 
the later months of the year.” 
This fine bird is now decidedly rare on St. Vincent, where it is 
confined to the highest wooded slopes in the center of the island, 
behind Barrouallie. Some idea of its scarcity may be had from the 
fact that during a walk from Hermitage, in the upper Cumberland 
yalley, south along the central ridge of the island only two were 
met with, although it is in this region that it is said to be most com¬ 
mon. I stayed for four days in the Richmond valley, near the 
M orne Garou, where many parrots have previously been obtained, 
but neither saw nor heard one. Formerly it was very numerous, 
and was still common at the time of the great hurricane (1898). In 
that storm many were destroyed ; two were picked up dead on the 
shores of St. Lucia, and a considerable number were disabled and 
caught by the natives. For da}^s after the storm, parrots would be 
found in the smaller towns in a more or less helpless condition, due 
probably to hunger, for, as has been previously stated, the woods 
were at that time practically barren. 
Before the species had recovered to any extent from the effects 
of the hurricane, the late eruptions occurred and probably killed 
many of the birds, as that part of the island best suited to them was 
laid waste. 
In actions and general habits this parrot resembles Amazon a 
amazonica. Like that species it is gregarious, and, in the days 
when it was abundant, occurred in large flocks. Now, however, 
it is only met with singly or in pairs. When flying it keeps up a 
loud and harsh “ kak-kak-kak” the second syllable being louder 
than the first, and the third loudest of all. The flight is heavy and 
slow, like that of A. amazonica. When on the wing the bright 
orange speculum continuing into an elongated yellow patch on the 
primaries is very conspicuous. When in the trees these parrots keep 
