FAMILY PSITTACIDAE 



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female collected February 14, 1949, on Cerro Copete, at 2,100 meters 

 above Lerida. 



On February 6, 1960, at 1,500 meters on the Silla de Cerro Pando, 

 west of El Volcan, Chiriqui, I found a small group feeding quietly in 

 the tree crown in the forest, where they were detected with difficulty 

 as they remained hidden among the green leaves. Attention was 

 drawn to them by their notes, which in part resemble the chatter of 



Figure 10. — Banded parakeet, perico fajeado, Bolborhynchtts lineola lineola. 



the common orange-chinned parakeet, but in part were varied and more 

 musical. Three were collected. Several others were seen at this spot 

 2 days later, and then they disappeared. In preparing my specimens 

 I found the feathers to be very loosely attached, so that it was neces- 

 sary to use care not to damage them. 



Several specimens in collections labeled "Veragua" have led to some 

 confusion with Veraguas which is outside the known range. One in 

 the American Museum of Natural History, collected by Enrique Arce, 

 was received from Salvin. Four others obtained from Batty bear a 



