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several at about 600 meters elevation on the Rio Seteganti near the 

 ancient site of the Cana mines but did not succeed in securing speci- 

 mens. On the wing the black wing markings were prominent, and 

 when one passed near in swift flight I noted the red on the side of the 

 head. Three that flew in close formation swung swiftly past me several 

 times and then disappeared. Two finally alighted in the top of a red- 

 flowered tree but were hidden among the green leaves where we could 

 not locate them. 



Current treatment includes this bird under a trinomial name. I 

 doubt that the bird described by Cory as c o stark ensis, from near 

 Limon, Costa Rica, is related, other than as a member of the same 

 genus, because of its distinct red crown and other differences. The bird 

 of Cerro Pirre is known in the Andes of Colombia and in the Merida 

 region of Venezuela. 



PIONOPSITTA HAEMATOTIS (Sclater and Salvin) : Red-eared 



Parrot; Casanga Montafiesa 



Somewhat smaller than the common casanga, Pionus menstruus; 

 head slate colored, washed with olive ; ear coverts red. 



Description. — Length 205-230 mm. Adult male, feathers of crown 

 and upper hindneck slate, washed more or less heavily with olive ; 

 lower hindneck yellowish olive ; back, inner wing coverts, inner sec- 

 ondaries, rump, and upper tail coverts yellowish green ; primaries dull 

 black, the outer ones edged narrowly with light buff ; outer wing cov- 

 erts and outer secondaries with inner webs dull black, outer webs blue, 

 edged with green ; central tail feathers green with the tips and outer 

 webs of outer feathers blue; basal part of inner webs light red; lores 

 dull white ; in some a narrow line of the same color back of the cere ; 

 side of head and upper neck dull slate, washed with olive ; ear coverts 

 light red, bordered with white (in some these colors hidden by darker 

 tips) ; lower foreneck and upper breast olive-yellow ; (in the subspecies 

 coccinicollaris the lower foreneck marked with red) ; rest of under sur- 

 face light green mixed on the sides with red ; edge of wing and under 

 wing coverts blue, the latter in part edged and tipped with green ; 

 axillars red, this color spreading in varying amount to anterior under 

 wing coverts. 



Adult female, like the male, but usually somewhat duller in color. 



This is a forest species widely distributed where there is suitable 

 habitat. There are no records of it along the savanna area of the 

 western Pacific slope, nor has it been reported from the Azuero Penin- 

 sula. Two geographic races are recognized, separated by the presence 



