PANAMA PIED PUFFBIKD 



Barro Colorado Island in April, 1926. It sat 

 flat on the branch with its feathers puffed out, 

 and appeared stupid and tame, permitting a 

 very close approach. 



3. Notharchus tectus subtectus (Sclater) 

 Panama Pied Puff bird 



Length about 147 mm. (5.80 in.); tail about 

 56 mm. (2.20 in.). 



Sexes alike. General color above, black, the 

 forehead and front of crown speckled with 

 white and a narrow stripe of white over the 

 eye; a conspicuous white spot on each side 

 of the back; tail coverts tipped with white 

 and a broken patch of white crossing the middle 

 of the tail ; under parts white with a conspicuous 

 black band across the chest. Bill black. 



Two of these birds, probably a pair, were 

 noted in April, 1926, at Barro Colorado Island, 

 on the edge of the clearing around the laboratory. 

 Quiet and unafraid, they remained in the same 

 tree or near it during the several days of my 

 stay, and I heard them utter notes of a thin, 

 wheezy character. 



4. Malacoptila panamensis panamensis 



Lafresnaye 

 Panama Malacoptila 



Length 181 mm. (10 in.); tail 76 mm. (3.00 

 in.). 



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