NO. Q BIRDS OF ISLA COIBA, PANAMA—WETMORE 29 
to secure them. My three specimens, a male and two females taken 
January 14, 17, and 19, agree in color with our series from the Pacific 
slope of Panama. 
LATERALLUS EXILIS (Temminck): Gray-breasted Rail, 
Cocalequita Pechiceniza 
Rallus exilis TemMMinck, Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d’oiseaux, livr. 
88, 1831, pl. 523. (Cayenne.) 
On January 28 a convict brought me one alive, captured in marshy 
ground near the Catival work camp. The bird, an adult female, is 
the first record of the species from Panama. The nearest locality at 
which it has been found to the north is on the Rio Escondido, 50 
miles above Bluefields, Nicaragua, and to the south at the Laguna 
Guajaro, near La Pefia, Atlantico, Colombia. 
The specimen has the following measurements: Wing 74.2, tail 
29.7, culmen from base 16.8, tarsus 24.8, middle toe with claw 33.8, 
middle toe without claw 30.0 mm. 
Family JACANIDAE: Jacanas 
JACANA JACANA HYPOMELAENA (Gray): Wattled Jacana, 
Gallito de Ciénaga 
Parra hypomelaena G. R. Gray, Genera of birds, vol. 3, 1846, p. 580, pl. 150. 
(“Bogota.”) 
A black jagana seen near the river at San Juan, was probably a 
stray from the mainland, as there would not appear to be suitable 
habitat on the island for permanent residence. These birds apparently 
wander extensively over the Pacific slope of Panama during the dry 
season. 
Family CHARADRIIDAE: Plovers, Turnstones 
CHARADRIUS SEMIPALMATUS Bonaparte: Semipalmated Plover, 
Chorlito Semipalmado 
Charadrius semipalmatus BoNAPARTE, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 
vol. 5, August 1825, p. 98. (Coast of New Jersey.) 
These plovers were common on the beaches, one being taken Janu- 
ary 18. Shortly after the middle of January there was a considerable 
increase in their number, dozens being recorded where only one or 
two had been noted earlier. This status continued to the end of the 
month when their abundance was reduced to the earlier level. 
