NO. 9 BIRDS OF ISLA COIBA, PANAMA—WETMORE 49 
border to western Darién. On Coiba I was interested to find it mov- 
ing regularly over the forest crown throughout the heavy woodland 
of the interior of the island, in addition to its common mainland 
habitat of trees in the open pastures and plantations. In the higher 
branches of the tall forest it finds the same conditions of light and 
sun that it enjoys around savannas and clearings elsewhere, which 
suggests that this may have been a considerable part of its original 
haunt on the mainland, and that because of its life in the open tree- 
Fic. 5.—Wagler’s Woodpecker, Carpintero Rayado. 
tops, above the shadowy depths of the lower levels, its manner of 
living was not unduly disturbed when the great lowland forests of 
Veraguas and eastern Chiriqui were cut down. The chattering calls 
and drumming of these birds were a daily accompaniment to my ob- 
servations, both around our quarters and in the field. In the forests 
they came down occasionally from the higher levels to scold at me, 
or to search for food. On February 4 I recorded them on Isla 
Rancheria. 
I was attracted immediately by the darker color of my first speci- 
mens, in comparison with the bird of the mainland, a distinction that 
has merited description as a race that is new to science. 
