PANAMA BLUE GROSBEAK 



breast and under wing coverts bright rose red; 

 rest of under parts white. Winter plumage: 

 Back and head browner, streaked with black; 

 throat rose; chest tinged with rose and with 

 remainder of under parts more or less streaked 

 with dusky. Bill white. 



Female. About the same size. Black of 

 male replaced with dusky; rump brown; under 

 parts buffy streaked with dusky; under wing 

 coverts orange; white line over eye. Bill same 

 as in male. 



Immature male. Similar to female but more 

 heavily streaked, under wing coverts reddish 

 instead of orange. 



- A migrant and winter visitor from North 

 America. Fairly common in spring (April) 

 when it is very nearly in summer plumage. 

 Frequents woods and large trees. " Call a sharp 

 steely peek peek." (Chapman.) 



2. Cyanocompsa cyanoides cyanoides 



(Lafresnaye) 

 Panama Blue Grosbeak 



Cyanocompsa concreta cyanescens RIDGWAY, Birds of 

 N. and M. Amer., I, p. 597, 1901; STONE, Proc. Phila. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 275. 



Length, 153 mm. (6.00 in.); tail, 66 mm. 

 (2.55 in.). 



Male. Decidedly bluish black ; forehead bluer ; 

 wings and tail black. Bill large and swollen, 

 bluish horn color. 



