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found in the lowlands of western Chiriqui (Bugaba, Divala) and 
Bocas del Toro (Almirante), which has the crown bluish green, the 
hindneck lighter blue, and the edge of the wing marked with yellow, 
only rarely with a tinge of red. 
AMAZONA AUTUMNALIS SALVINI (Salvadori): Red-fronted Parrot, 
Loro Frentirojo 
Chrysotis salvini SALvaport, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 20, 1891, pp. 271 (in 
key), 300, pl. 7, fig. 3. (Lion Hill Station, Canal Zone.) 
I was certain that this species was present on Coiba as at times I 
believed that I could distinguish the notes of these birds among the 
myriad parrot calls of the forest, but in spite of much scanning of 
feeding and flying birds I was not able to find them. The only one 
identified was a captive bird that had been taken on the island. The 
Batty collection in the American Museum of Natural History in- 
cludes eight skins labeled Coiba Island, taken May 5, 11, and 14, 1go1, 
in which the locality given is assumed to be correct. 
PIONUS MENSTRUUS (Linnaeus): Blue-headed Parrot, Casanga 
Psittacus menstruus LINNAEUS, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 148. 
(Surinam.) 
Blue-headed parrots were as common on Coiba as the larger 
species, but were less conspicuous because of their smaller size and 
less raucous voices, their higher-pitched calls being lost on many 
occasions amid the shrieks and gutturals of the loro verde. Where 
casangas found an abundant supply of food they tended to remain 
quietly through the day, being conspicuous only when disturbed, or 
during their morning and evening flights to their roosting places. 
Often they relied on their green coloration for concealment, allowing 
me to pass close at hand, even when they were low down in banana 
plantations. They did much damage in the cornfields, so that it was 
necessary frequently to drive them out by shooting. Sometimes I 
found them feeding alone, but where food was abundant, 4o to 50 
congregated in scattered flocks. Two males were preserved for 
specimens on January 7 and 19. 
BROTOGERIS JUGULARIS JUGULARIS (Miiller): Orange-chinned Parakeet, 
Perico Comin 
Psittacus jugularis P. L. S. Muxrer, Vollstandigen Natursystems, Supplements- 
und Register-Band, 1776, p. 80. (Bonda, Magdalena, Colombia.) 
This small parakeet, familiar as a household pet throughout the 
Republic, is fairly common on Coiba, though not nearly so abundant 
