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BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — PART 2 



were fairly common at the mouth of the Paya on the Tuira, and near 

 the mouth of the Rio Tuquesa on the Chucunaque in February and 

 March 1959. P. L. Slattery shot a female at Yaviza in 1966. My 

 first specimen was collected at Jaque, April 9, 1946. From the Carib- 

 bean slope there is 1 in the National Museum, taken February 13, 

 and 1 in the American Museum of Natural History, taken February 

 28, 1889, by Heyde and Lux in the region known as Cascajal, on 

 the Rio Code del Norte in northern Code. February 25, 1952, I 

 collected 1 at El Uracillo on the Rio Indio, also in northern Code. 



Figure 59. — Barred puffbird, bobito rayado, Nystalus radiatus. 



In eastern San Bias, H. von Wedel secured several at Perme and 

 Puerto Obaldia. 



I have found these birds in forested country, but in the more open 

 areas bordering streams, over trails, or sometimes on open flats covered 

 with thickets of guayava. They rest quietly, often hidden by leaves 

 where it is difficult to locate them. Their usual call is a double-noted 

 whistle given slowly, a perfect imitation of the "wolf whistle," popular 

 as a greeting in admiration of passing ladies ! 



Stomachs of specimens that I have examined have been filled with 

 finely ground bits of beetles, jaws, and other remains of orthoptera, 

 and the skins of large caterpillars. I have found no record of nesting. 



Sclater's type specimen, in the British Museum, a bird in the light 



