1. CONURUS MURINUS, Kuhl.
Psittacus murinus, Gmel.
Perruche, Pernet, voy. 1. p. 312.
This parrot feeds in large flocks on the grassy plains of Banda Oriental, where not a tree can be seen. They are very destructive to the corn-fields. I was assured that in one year, near Colonia del Sacramiento, on the north bank of the Plata, 2,500 were killed, a reward being given for each dozen heads. Many of these birds build their nests close together in trees, the whole composing a vast mass of sticks. I saw several of their compound nests on the islands in the river Parana.
2. Conurus patachonicus.
Psittacus Patagonus, Vieill. Ency. Meth. p.
Psittacara Patagonica, Less. Voy. de la Coquille Zool. pl. 35 bis.
Psittacara Patachonica, Lear’s Ill. Psitt.
Le Patagon, Azara, No. 277.
Pattagonian maccaw, Lath. Hist. 11, 105.