38 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 134 
I detected a dove walking amid the low cover below the undergrowth 
I was often uncertain which of the two forest-inhabiting species was 
before me. Two males in adult plumage and two females in immature 
dress were taken. One of the latter, collected February 4, was shot 
on Isla Rancheria as it walked along a steep, fairly open slope back 
of the beach. 
Family PsrrracmpaE: Parrots, Macaws 
ARA MACAO (Linnaeus): Scarlet Macaw, Guacamayo Rojo 
Psittacus Macao LinnagEus, Systema naturae, ed. Io, vol. 1, 1758, p. 96. (Lower 
Amazonas, Brasil.) 
Each morning, when the sun was above the horizon, groups of 
macaws, traveling in pairs, came flying over the forest and the 
Fic. 3—Scarlet Macaw, Guacamayo Rojo. 
pasturelands from the southern part of the island, and each evening 
as sunset was near they returned. Often the low-lying sun was at 
a proper angle to light their brilliant colors, and always whether 
