IOO BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — PART 2 



Dr. Eugene Eisenmann informs me that Benson secured 2 at Almi- 

 rante May 5, 1927. In body form and in manner of flight this species 

 resembles the blue-headed parrot. The call notes also are similar. 



From examination of a considerable series from the entire range 

 of the species from southern Mexico through Central America to 

 western Panama it appears that there is variation from dark to 

 light color, mainly according to age, without regard to geographical 

 area. One from Santa Clara is the darkest seen, and some specimens 

 from Yucatan are like those of Costa Rica. As it has not been 

 possible to separate those examined into two geographic groups, 

 Griscom's subspecies decoloratus, described from Costa Rica, is listed 

 as a synonym of senilis. 



AMAZONA AUTUMNALIS SALVINI (Salvadori) : Red-fronted 

 Parrot; Loro Frentirrojo 



Chrysotis salvini Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 20, December 1891, 

 pp. 271 (in key), 300, pi. 7, fig. 3 (Lion Hill, Canal Zone, Pamama.) 



A large green parrot, with red forehead. 



Description. — Length 310-350 mm. Adult (sexes alike), fore- 

 head and lores bright red ; crown and hindneck green, banded with 

 lavender; rest of upper surface green; outer secondaries bright red, 

 tipped with blue-black to black ; primaries black, all except the outer- 

 most with basal half of outer web green; central pair of rectrices 

 green, others with broad tips of greenish yellow, the 3 outer pairs 

 basally red; side of head and under surface, including under wing 

 coverts, yellowish green ; edge of wing and under tail coverts greenish 

 yellow ; in some individuals the feathers of the throat basally red. 



Immature, red of forehead restricted. 



A male taken at Puerto Armuelles, February 26, 1966, had the 

 iris orange ; rim of eyelids black ; rest of bare skin around eye dull 

 yellowish white; tip of maxilla and cutting edge of both maxilla 

 and mandible slaty gray; bill elsewhere light brown, changing to yel- 

 lowish brown in front of nostril ; tarsus and toes very pale gray, with 

 the scutes outlined in white ; claws slaty black. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Panama), wing 207-222 (213.1), 

 tail 113-130 (120.1), culmen from cere 27.7-32.0 (30.3), tarsus 23.0- 

 26.0 (24.5) mm. 



Females (10 from Panama), wing 195-214 (203.9), tail 109-122 

 (116.3), culmen from cere 27.0-30.8 (29.2), tarsus 22.8-26.0 (24.5) 

 mm. 



Resident. Common in the Tropical Zone throughout the Isthmus ; 



