283. CHRYSOTIS VINACEA (Max.). (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." 284. CHRYSOTIS ÆSTIVA (Linn.). (BLUE-FRONTED AMAZON.) +Chrysotis æstiva+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 114; _Salvin, Ibis_, 1880, p. 361 (Salta). +Psittacus amazonicus+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 443 (?). +Chrysotis amazonica+, _White, P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 621 (?). _Description._--Above green, feathers edged with blackish; crown yellow; front blue; wing-patch scarlet: beneath green, cheeks and throat yellow; bend of wings and inner base of tail scarlet: whole length 15·0 inches, wing 8·5, tail 5·0. _Female_ similar. _Hab._ Brazil, Paraguay, and N. Argentina. Durnford obtained a specimen of this Parrot near Salta in the province of Oran, which has been identified by Mr. Salvin. It is probable that the birds referred to _C. amazonica_ by Prof. Burmeister and White may belong to this same species. 285. PIONUS MAXIMILIANI (Kuhl). (PRINCE MAXIMILIAN'S PARROT.) +Pionus maximiliani+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 114; _White, P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 622 (Salta). _Description._--Dark green; lores blackish; feathers of nape dirty white margined with green; front and cheeks bluish: beneath dusky green, crissum scarlet: whole length 9·0 inches, wing 6·5, tail 3·2. _Female_ similar. _Hab._ Brazil and N. Argentina. White obtained a single specimen of this Parrot in the dense forests of the Rio Vermejo, near Oran, in November 1880. Order VI. STRIGES.