yo BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 2 



Measurements. — Males (5 from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and 

 Colombia) wing 372-410 (385), tail 447-561 (494), culmen from cere 

 64.2-72.4 (69.0), tarsus 34.7-38.6 (37.0) mm. 



Females (5 from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and 

 Venezuela), wing 347-395 (375), tail 470-590 (512), culmen from 

 cere 61.2-69.5 (65.2), tarsus 32.8-38.3 (35.3) mm. 



Resident. In early days present on the Caribbean slope of the Canal 

 Zone, and on the Pacific side in western Chiriqui (Bugaba, Divala) ; 

 in recent years restricted to Isla Coiba, and the lower end of the 

 Azuero Peninsula in southwestern Los Santos ; recorded also on Isla 

 Rancheria (1956) and Isla Canal de Afuera (1962). 



Lawrence (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 8, 1863, p. 11) 

 received a pair from McLeannan from Lion Hill, Canal Zone. Bangs 

 (Auk, 1901, p. 358) reported a male taken by Brown December 1, 

 1900, at Divala, western Chiriqui, and (Proc. New England Zool. 

 Club, 1902, p. 24) another collected at Bugaba, July 11, 1901. In 

 March 1957, I found this species in the mangroves at the mouth of 

 the Rio Tonosi. In January 1962, I was told at Las Palmitas, on the 

 Rio Guanico, that they were seen there at times. On February 12, 

 1966, one was reported to me on the upper Rio Corotu, adjacent to the 

 forested hills on the boundary with Costa Rica, west of Puerto 

 Armuelles, Chiriqui. 



This handsome bird long has been common on Isla Coiba where 

 J. H. Batty collected a series between April and June 1901, part of the 

 specimens being now in the American Museum of Natural History, 

 and part in the Chicago Natural History Museum. Two in the British 

 Museum were collected there September 3, 1924, by naturalists on the 

 St. George Expedition. 



In 1956, when I lived at the Colonia Central on Bahia Damas, each 

 morning, when the sun had risen, groups, traveling in pairs, came over 

 the forest and pasturelands from the south. Each evening toward 

 sunset they returned, crossing to a roosting place in the southern part 

 of the island. They flew with steady wing beat, the long tails streaming 

 behind, an attractive sight in silhouette, and doubly so when the slant- 

 ing rays of the sun lighted their brilliant colors. During the day I 

 found small bands in the forest feeding on figs and other fruits in the 

 high tree crown. Sometimes they were tame and sometimes wary, but 

 always noisy with raucous calls. In early February occasional pairs 

 were followed by a third bird, as young with tails not fully grown 

 began to accompany their parents. Their flights were extensive, as I 

 saw several on Isla Rancheria. They may cross at times to the main- 



