74 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 2 



and anterior loral area red ; rest of upper surface green ; under surface 

 yellowish green; under wing coverts and edge of wing red, in some 

 mixed with orange ; under primary coverts yellow ; under surface of 

 flight feathers and of tail yellowish olive ; lower end of tibia red. 



Immature, red of forehead much reduced, absent in some; red of 

 under wing coverts much reduced; no red on tibia; otherwise like 

 adult. 



A male taken at Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui, February 17, 1966, had 

 the iris orange ; bill buff ; bare space around eye yellowish white ; eye- 

 lids pale dull grayish green, with the rim grayish brown; bill light 

 brownish white ; cutting edge and tip of maxilla dull grayish brown ; 

 a narrow line of bare skin around base of maxilla white; bare skin 

 bordering mandible and point of chin pale dull honey yellow ; tarsus 

 and toes fuscous ; claws fuscous-black. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Costa Rica and Panama), wing 

 152-167 (158.6), tail 123.4-135.8 (128.9, average of 9), culmen from 

 cere 23.4-27.7 (25.3), tarsus 19.0-19.8 (19.4) mm. 



Females (10 from Costa Rica and Panama), wing 150-162 (155.2), 

 tail 118.2-132.7 (125.4, average of 8), culmen from cere 22.2-25.3 

 (23.9), tarsus 17.0-18.7 (18.1) mm. 



Resident. Distributed locally, in the Tropical and lower Subtropical 

 Zones in western Panama, in Chiriqui (Puerto Armuelles, Divala, 

 Bugaba, Buena Vista, ranging above Boquete in the lower Subtropical 

 Zone to 1,600 meters) ; western Veraguas (Sona) ; and western Bocas 

 del Toro (Almirante, Changuinola). 



These are forest birds that have been comparatively little known in 

 Panama until recent years, though the species was described by Salvin 

 from 3 specimens collected 100 years ago by Arce at Bugaba. Bangs 

 (Auk, 1901, pp. 358-359) recorded 2 taken by Brown at Divala in 

 December 1900. Monniche secured several above Boquete, and there 

 is a series from Quiel at 1,600 meters, in the U.S. National Museum, 

 taken by R. R. Benson, in November 1931. In March 1960, when I 

 was living at Buena Vista, at 600 meters elevation, above Concepcion, 

 small flocks came each evening to roost in clumps of tall bamboo, and 

 left in the morning with the usual chatter and confusion. They shifted 

 their sleeping quarters at intervals, apparently if disturbed at night. 

 Near Puerto Armuelles, in February and March 1966, I found them 

 occasionally feeding in fields where corn had been harvested. Each 

 evening small bands came to sleep in the palms scattered through the 

 residence area of the Chiriqui Land Company in the town. When 

 hawks passed near at sunset the parakeets flew out in screeching flocks. 



