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196 BULLETIN 133, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM At the Riacho Pilafi:a, Formosa, monk parrakeets of the northern form Avere abundant from August 10 to 21, and a number were pre- served as specimens. The birds roosted somewhere in the extensive monte, and in early morning flew across in pairs or small flocks to spend the day in a large field where recent plowing had brought to the surface discarded sweet potatoes left from last year's harvest. The parrots alighted in close company, a hundred or more together, in search of food, often in company with cowbirds, chopi blackbirds, and large pigeons. As they fed they maintained a constant con- versational chatter, while at the slightest alarm the flock rose shriek- ing and screaming to circle about in the air. As I worked at specimens or notes through the long afternoons their rather disagreeable uproar came constantly to my ears, but in compensation for this discord I found a tree filled with resting birds, that nestled against one another in pairs or clambered singly through the branches, a beautiful and pleasing sight when the light fell I'iroperly to bring out the contrast between the bright green of their plumage against the dull gray green of the foliage. Indians, armed with old single- barreled shotguns, at intervals potted these flocks either to secure food, or in expectation that they might sell the birds to me for specimens, and a carrancho {Polyhorus j). flancus) swooped down a dozen times a day and flushed tlie flocks in screaming chatter, in hope that he might encounter a cripple, less agile than its companions, that might not escape his talons. The passing of an Aplomado falcon brought consternation to the parrots so that they rose and circled a hundred yards in air, and as haAvks were common the shadow of a turkey vulture was frequently sufficient to throw them into screaming confusion. During a heavy storm far to the southward that con- tinued for an entire day with barely audible thunder, the parrakeets vs^ere very nervous, and at each low rumble rose with screams to circle in the air. Thej' seemed inordinately afraid of the flashing of lightning, perhaps from the destruction wrought by storms to their nests. The Toba Indians called this species either il-lit or Ki likh. At Kilometer 80, Vvcst of Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay, from September 6 to 18, the species was fairly common and was observed to feed on the seeds of an algarroba. Three were taken on September 18. At Kilometer 110 on September 23 a dozen were observed eating- the ripening seeds of an algarroba. As two parrakeets passed -overhead an Indian cast a throw stick at them and the birds barely escaped it. A male shot September 18 had the sides of the bill fawn color, shading to avellaneous on gonys and culmen ; iris benzo brown ; tar- sus and toes deep mouse gray, the scales outlined with whitish.
BIRDS OF AEGEXTIXA, PARAGUAY, VRUGUAY, AXD CHILE 197 PYRRHURA FRONTALIS CHIRIPEPE (Vieillot) I'.sittacus chiripepe A'ieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 25, 1817, p. 361. (Paraguay.) As indicated by Salvadori,'- since Psittacus vlUatus Shaw, 1811, is preoccupied by vittatus Boddaert 1783, Pyrrhura viftata (Shaw) must be repLiced by Pyrrhura frontalis ( Vieillot).'" PsUiaciis frontalis was stated by Vieillot to have come from Cayenne; but since it was based on the pe7fuche-ara a handeau rouge of Levaillant,'* the type locality must, according to Salvadori/- be cited as Bra,-^)!. Females were shot at Las Palmas, Chaco, on July 1.") and 21, 1920, and 25 kilometers west of Puerto Pinasco. Paraguay, on September 1. These differ from skins from eastern Brazil in small size, and are taken as representing the subspecies ehirlpepe. Xone of the three has the reddish spot on the back ascribed to this species, so that this character is variable.""' These specimens have the following measurements : No. Locality Date 283752 Female Las Palmas, Chaco July 15,1920 283751 ...do I do __ July 21,1920 283750 ... do I Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay Sept . 1. 1920 Wing
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