(RED-HEADED PARROT.)
+Conurus mitratus+, _Tsch. Faun. Per., Av._ p. 272, t. xxvi. f. 2;
_Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 112. +Conurus hilaris+, _Burm.
La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 442 (Tucuman); _id. Wiegm. Arch._ 1879,
pt. i. p. 100; _id. P. Z. S._ 1878, p. 75.
_Description._--Bright green; front and sides of head red: beneath
rather paler; under wing-coverts green; lower surface of tail
yellowish; in some specimens with irregular patches of red on the
neck and breast; bill pale; feet brown: whole length 14·0 inches,
wing 8·0, tail 7·0.
_Hab._ Peru, Bolivia, and Northern Argentina.
Dr. Burmeister met with this Parrot near Tucuman, where he found it
"very common, especially in winter." At first he made a new species of
it, but afterwards recognized its identity with _Conurus mitratus_ of
Tschudi.
Dr. Burmeister has kindly sent two specimens of this bird to Sclater,
for his collection. Sclater has also examples of the same species
procured by Schulz near Cordova, and in Bolivia by Bridges.