88 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — PART 2 



rence under the name siibcoeruleus from the impression that it was a 

 distinct species. The type specimen, in the American Museum of 

 Natural History, was figured and described by Finsch (Die Papageien, 

 vol. 2, 1868, p. 97, pi. 2), Its plumage throughout is clear light blue, 

 except for a slight greenish cast in a few feathers on the breast. The 

 lesser under wing coverts are partly blue, partly white, and there is a 

 faint line of dull white on the carpal edge of the wing. The feathers 

 on the throat spot are dull white basally, and the skin beneath is 

 orange. The darker markings on the wing coverts are dull brownish 

 slate with slight blue tips. 



These friendly little birds, long called the Tovi parakeet in scien- 

 tific writings, are known among aviculturists as the Tovi or beebee 

 parakeets. 



The typical race jugularis has a range from Guerrero and Oaxaca 

 in southern Mexico through Central America and northern South 

 America to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. Another 

 form is found elsewhere in Venezuela and in eastern Colombia. 



TOUIT COSTARICENSIS (Cory): Red-fronted Parrotlet; 

 Churiquita Frentirrojo 



Urochroma costaricensis Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Orn. Ser., vol. 1, May 31, 

 1913, p. 283. (Near Limon, Costa Rica.) 



A small parrot, smaller than the orange-chinned parakeet, with 

 square-ended tail ; forehead, anterior loral area, and streak below eye 

 red. 



Description. — Length 145-155 mm. Male, anterior half of crown 

 and anterior loral area red, with the concealed bases of the feathers 

 yellow; a narrow streak of red from beneath the eye back over the 

 anterior auricular region ; rest of side of head and upper surface, in- 

 cluding the inner wing coverts (except as noted beyond) rather light 

 green; posterior half of crown and upper hindneck slightly yellowish 

 green ; anterior lesser wing coverts, outer primary coverts, upper sur- 

 face of inner webs of primaries and secondaries, and outer webs of 

 outer secondaries black, with a faint bluish cast ; rest of wing coverts 

 bright red ; outer web of outer primary, and tips of the next two, dull 

 black; rest of outer webs of primaries like back; inner under wing 

 coverts and axillars yellow ; outer under wing coverts red ; tail basally 

 bright yellow, distally green, with the tips of all of the feathers, except 

 the outermost, black, in decreasing extent from the center pair out- 

 ward ; rest of tail, including outer webs of outer pair, green ; throat 



