(AYMARA PARRAKEET.)
[Plate XV.]
[Illustration: BOLBORHYNCHUS AYMARA.]
+Conurus aymara+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 442 (Mendoza).
+Bolborhynchus aymara+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 113; _White,
P. Z. S._ 1883, p. 40 (Cordova). +Conurus brunniceps+, _Burm.
Journ. f. Orn._ 1860, p. 243.
_Description._--Above green; head earthy brown: beneath pale grey,
nearly white on the sides of the head; under wing-coverts, flanks,
lower belly, and crissum pale green; under surface of wings and tail
blackish; beak whitish: whole length 7·0 inches, wing 3·9, tail 4·0.
_Female_ similar.
_Hab._ Bolivia and N. Argentina.
Prof. Burmeister found this Parrakeet not uncommon on the borders of
the sierra near Mendoza. White met with it near Cosquin in the province
of Cordova, in flocks on the mountain-tops, about 3500 feet above the
sea-level. He says it is called "_Catita de las sierras_," and that
it never descends to the valleys. Its flight is very swift, and is
accompanied by a sort of chirping.
The figure (Plate XV.) is taken from a specimen in Sclater's collection,
obtained by Buckley in Bolivia.