(VINACEOUS AMAZON.)
+Chrysotis vinacea+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 113; _White, P. Z.
S._ 1882, p. 621 (Misiones).
_Description._--Above green, feathers of neck and back edged with
blackish; front, lores, and wing-spot scarlet; beneath paler, throat
and breast vinaceous, feathers edged with blackish; bend of wing and
base of tail-feathers scarlet: whole length 14·0 inches, wing 7·2,
tail 4·7. _Female_ similar.
_Hab._ S. Brazil, Paraguay, and N. Argentina.
This Parrot, which is enumerated by Azara among the birds of Paraguay,
was also found by White in the adjoining district of Misiones in
the Argentine Republic. White gives us the following notes on its
habits:--"Both in Concepcion and San Javier these Parrots are found in
incredible numbers feeding in the orange-groves which cover and enclose
the extensive Jesuit ruins of those parts of Misiones. They seem to be
very voracious, as they feed all day long; and the inhabitants shoot
them for food; but they are not easily scared, for on hearing a shot
they only fly up in clouds to descend again, meanwhile making the air
resound with their shrill cries. They can be taught to talk tolerably
well if taken young."