NO. 9 BIRDS OF ISLA COIBA, PANAMA—WETMORE 39 
near or far, they made an attractive sight as they crossed the sky 
with steady wing beat, and long tail streaming behind. During the 
day I encountered them about fruiting trees of various kinds, feed- 
ing usually high above the ground, sometimes wary and sometimes 
quite tame, usually calling raucously whenever I came near. At the 
beginning of February the pairs were often increased to trios as 
young birds, with the longer tail feathers not quite grown, began to 
accompany their parents. Though they appeared to gather at night 
to roost in some special area in the southern end of the island, during 
the day they scattered to the farthest forests. On February 4 I saw 
several on Isla Rancheria. Male and female were collected January 8 
and 15 for specimens. 
The restricted type locality, “Baixo Amazonas” designated by 
Pinto,® is to be accepted (Linnaeus having written only “America 
meridionali”), rather than the proposal of Hellmayr ® who selected 
Pernambuco, as in Brasil the bird is found only in the northwestern 
section, in Amazonas, Para, and northern Mato Grosso. 
AMAZONA FARINOSA INORNATA (Salvadori): Mealy Parrot, Loro Verde 
Chrysotis inornata SALVIN, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 20, 1891, pp. 269 (in key), 
281. (Veraguas, Panama.) 
These, the conspicuous parrots on Coiba, ranged in pairs and flocks 
everywhere through the forest. Their calls greeted me constantly, 
and at times, when fruiting trees caused them to congregate, their 
noise was such that few other bird sounds could be heard above it. 
In early morning they were active in flying about until they had lo- 
cated a feeding area for the day, when they tended to move only 
through limited areas. The guards responsible for the work camps 
often stationed men around fields of ripening corn for two hours 
or so after sunrise, when the parrots were flying from their roosts, 
to move the birds along to the forests by shouting and making other 
noise, as if not driven away the birds caused much damage. Several 
were heard and seen on Isla Rancheria February 4. 
The four prepared for specimens all agree with skins from the 
mainland from Veraguas eastward in having the crown clear green 
with the back of the head and upper hindneck rather dark blue. The 
edge of the wing (the carpal area) in all four shows the line of red 
usual in this race, though in one it is reduced in extent. They show 
no resemblance therefore to Amazona farinosa virenticeps which is 
8 Catalogo das aves do Brasil, pt. 1, 1938, p. 182. 
9 Abh. Kon. Bayerischen Akad. Wiss., K1. 2, vol. 22, pt. 3, 1906, p. 577. 
