6 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 134 
the Museo Nacional in Panama, who in the present instance rendered 
major assistance in communicating my plans to Sr. Don Alejandro 
Remon C., Ministro de Gobierno y Justicia, in introducing me per- 
sonally to Coronel Vallarino, and in numerous other ways. Dr. Pedro 
Galindo, of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in Panama, also as- 
sisted in my plans with friendly courtesy. For transportation to and 
from the island I am deeply indebted to officers of the U. S. Air 
Force at Albrook Air Base, Canal Zone, particularly in this instance 
to Col. J. W. Oberdorf, Commanding Officer, and Lt. Col. D, L. Peck 
and Lt. Col. R. T. Lively of his staff. On my arrival at Isla Coiba 
I was met by Capitan Juan A. Souza, Director de la Colonia Penal, 
who received me in most friendly manner, and did all that was 
necessary to insure the success of my work, as did his assistant, 
Teniente Valenzuela, and other officers and members of his staff. 
In making my arrangements, I was much indebted to Capt. Gordon 
Field, and Marvin Keenan of the 25th Medical Detachment, U. S. 
Army, for friendly help in numerous details concerned with prepara- 
tions for the work. 
I have to thank also Duncan Alexander Duff Mackay, Second 
Secretary, and Mr. R. A. Acley, Counselor, at the American Embassy 
in Panama, for courteous assistance relative to papers for the Coiba 
trip, as well as for the arrangement with the Ministerio de Relaciones 
Exteriores of Panama, under which my scientific work has been done. 
The expedition has been one of the most successful in scientific result 
that I have made. 
ORNITHOLOGICAL STUDIES 
The first birds collected for scientific purposes on Isla Coiba of 
which I have record were obtained by the taxidermist and prepara- 
tor J. H. Batty, who was on the island from April to June Igot. 
Following this work Batty proceeded to the Province of Chiriqui, 
where he located for some time at Boqueron, and seems also to have 
worked for a brief period at Boquete. His final collections, dated 
January and February 1902, before his return to Panama, contain 
specimens labeled from Insolita, Gobernadora, Sevilla, Brava, and 
Cebaco islands, with a scattering of other island localities along the 
Pacific coast of Panama. A specimen of Buteo magnirostris, dated 
February 5, 1902, from Iguana Island, north of Punta Mala, must 
have been obtained during his return journey to Panama. The 
itinerary outlined is not complete, the only data available being the 
labels on his specimens. Part of this collection, sold to the Tring 
