VERAGUA PARRAKEET 



tivity for a short time; it was extremely noisy, 

 had a voracious appetite and was most destruc- 

 tive if allowed to ramble around. 



2. Eupsittula ocularis (Sclater and Salvin) 

 Veragua Parrakeet 



Length 229 mm. (9.00 in.) ; tail 109 mm. (4.30 

 in.). 



Sexes alike. Upper parts apple green, pass- 

 ing to bluish green on top of head and to greenish 

 blue on wings; yellowish green below; sides of 

 head, throat and chest buffy brown with a patch 

 of orange yellow on front of cheeks below the 

 whitish bare skin surrounding the eye. Bill 

 light horn color. Tail long, graduated and 

 tapering to a rounded tip. 



Young. Similar to adults but without the 

 orange spot on cheeks. 



Two of this species were seen on the upper 

 branches of a tree on the top of one of the banks 

 of a cut on the Panama Railroad line near 

 Frijoles, April 12, 1926. The long tail forms 

 a distinguishing character. 



3. Brotogeris jugularis (Miiller) 

 Tovi Parrakeet. "Perice" 



Length 164 mm. (6.50 in.) ; tail 62 mm. (2.4oin.) . 



Sexes alike. General color bright yellowish 

 green, a patch of bright orange on chin and 

 upper throat; tail feathers tapering to rounded 

 or pointed tips. Bill pale flesh color; bare skin 

 whitish. 



