92 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 2 



or absence of red across the base of the foreneck. Other characters 

 that have been suggested, including the presence or absence of white 

 on the chin, of reddish tips on the feathers of the crown and hindneck, 

 and in the amount of red on the under wing coverts, are variable in the 

 series of these birds now available, and so have no validity. Both sub- 

 species range to Panama, one in the west and the other in the east. 



On several occasions I have found small groups investigating holes 

 in trees, in which they slept. 



PIONOPSITTA HAEMATOTIS HAEMATOTIS 

 (Sclater and Salvin) 



Pionus haematotis P. L. Sclater and O. Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, August 

 1860, p. 300. (Verapaz, Guatemala.) 



Characters. — Lower foreneck without red. 



A female, taken near Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui, February 10, 

 1966, had the iris pale grayish brown ; bill somewhat brownish white ; 

 cere brownish orange ; tarsus and toes very pale dull brownish white ; 

 claws dull brown. 



Measurements. — Males (5 from Panama), wing 142.8-150.7 (146.9), 

 tail 59.1-62.8 (62.6), culmen from cere 18.2-19.5 (19.1), tarsus 

 16.4-17.9(17.4) mm. 



Females (4 from Panama), wing 138.0-143.8 (140.2), tail 54.8- 

 61.9 (58.6), culmen from cere 17.0-18.1 (17.7), tarsus 17.2-18.0 

 (17.5) mm. 



Resident. Found in the Tropical and Subtropical Zones of western 

 Panama, from the Costa Rican boundary in Chiriqui and Bocas del 

 Toro east through Code. Absent in the western savannas of the Pa- 

 cific slope ; not recorded from the Azuero Peninsula. Apparently 

 intergrades with the race coccinicollaris on the Caribbean slope in 

 northern Code and western Colon. 



In 1900, Brown collected a small series at Divala in the lowlands of 

 western Chiriqui, and in 1901 secured a pair at Sona, Veraguas. In 

 February 1966, near Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui, I saw a few at the 

 head of the Rio Corotu, adjacent to Costa Rica. I have found them in 

 small numbers near El Volcan and Santa Clara, up to 1,350 meters, 

 and Monniche secured 1 at about 1,900 meters on Pena Blanca, above 

 Boquete (Blake, Fieldiana: Zool., vol. 36, 1958, p. 512). In Bocas del 

 Toro, collectors of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory secured 1 near 

 Almirante, November 25, 1960, and Kennard shot a male on March 9, 

 1926, at 300 meters elevation on the Boquete trail. Older records 

 report this race near Santa Fe in the mountains of Veraguas. 



