84 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — PART 2 



cardboard slip with Batty's name, the dates March 5 and 6, 1901, and 

 the notation "Chitra, Colombia, D. Arce" These apparently are part 

 of a lot of specimens obtained from Arce on which Batty placed his 

 own labels. I do not accept the locality as valid. Two in the British 

 Museum (Natural History) collections marked "Veragua" were re- 

 corded by Salvin and Godman (Biol. Centr. Amer., Aves, vol. 2, 1897, 

 p. 580) as "Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce)." The measurements of an egg 

 in the Nehrkorn collection, given as 19.5x19.2 mm. by Schonwetter 

 (Handb. Ool., pt. 9, 1964, p. 519), must be wrong, as the long diameter 

 is too small for a bird of this size. 



The typical race ranges from southern Mexico irregularly through 

 the mountains of Central America to the Volcan de Chiriqui. Other 

 subspecies are found in northwestern South America. 



FORPUS CONSPICILLATUS CONSPICILLATUS (Lafresnaye) ; 

 Spectacled Parrotlet; Perico de Veranillo 



Psittacula conspicillata Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., vol. 11, June 1848, p. 172. 

 (Honda, Tolima, Colombia.) 



A tiny green parakeet, of sparrow size. 



Description. — Length 110-125 mm. Adult male, general coloration 

 green, brighter on the forehead, yellowish green on lower surface; 

 circle around eye extended back to auricular region light blue ; outer 

 wing coverts, primary coverts, lower back, and under wing coverts 

 (except as noted) dark blue; under primary coverts, and under sur- 

 face of wing bluish green, except that the outer primary and the tips 

 of others are dull black. 



Female, without the blue markings of the male ; lighter green above ; 

 much more yellowish green below. 



An adult male taken at Pucro, Darien, February 8, 1964, had the 

 iris dark mouse brown ; bare skin around eye dull light brownish gray ; 

 cere pale buffy brown; cutting edge of anterior half of bill mouse 

 brown ; rest of bill dull ivory ; tarsus and toes dull brownish buff ; claws 

 dull neutral gray. 



A female companion, secured at the same time, had the iris mouse 

 brown, but was similar otherwise. 



Measurements. — Males (6 from Darien), wing 75.5-77.4 (76.6), 

 tail 34.7-38.7 (36.8), oilmen from cere 10.4-11.5 (11.0), tarsus 10.0- 

 10.4 (10.2) mm. 



Females (4 from Darien), wing 73.4-76.6 (74.6), tail 33.8-36.9 

 (35.5), culmen from cere 10.2-11.7 (10.8), tarsus 10.0-10.1 (10.0) 

 mm. 



