94 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 134 
ICTERUS GALBULA (Linnaeus): Baltimore Oriole, Calandria Grande Pasajera 
Coracias Galbula LINNAEUS, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 108. (Vir- 
ginia. ) 
Specimens were taken January 8 and 16, and two others were 
seen on January 19 and 20. This is a common migrant on the 
mainland. 
Family THraupipaE, Tanagers 
THRAUPIS VIRENS (Linnaeus): Blue-gray Tanager, Azulejo 
Loxia virens LINNAEUS, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 303. (Surinam.) 
This well-known tanager was not abundant on Coiba, being com- 
mon only along the southern side of Bahia Damas near Salinas and 
Maria, and seen only casually elsewhere. In accordance with their 
usual habits, they often were noted flying for considerable distances 
across the high forest crown, or over the clearings. One was seen on 
Isla Rancheria February 4. They are birds of such strong flight that 
it did not occur to me in the field that they would not cross regularly 
to the distant mainland, so it has been a great surprise to determine 
that they represent a distinct subspecies, as is indicated in the follow- 
ing paragraphs. 
THRAUPIS VIRENS CUMATILIS subsp. nov. 
Characters Similar to Thraupis virens quaesita Bangs and 
Noble,?” but with sides and flanks darker blue; under wing coverts, 
especially the outer ones, darker. 
Description—Type, U.S.N.M. No. 416334, male, Isla Coiba, 
Panama, collected January 23, 1956, by A. Wetmore (orig. No. 
20419): Top and sides of head and hindneck light glaucous-blue ; 
lores pale glaucous-blue, distinctly outlined from the darker color of 
the adjacent forehead; upper back neutral gray basally, with the 
barbs tipped and edged with Alice blue, this area appearing blue but 
with the darker basal color showing through irregularly ; lower back, 
rump, and upper tail coverts Venetian blue; lesser wing coverts diva 
blue, the feathers having a distinct sheen; middle coverts basally 
Delft blue, becoming diva blue at the tips; greater coverts Payne’s 
gray basally, edged with King’s blue; primaries and secondaries dull 
black, edged widely with Vanderpoel’s blue; primary coverts edged 
with cadet blue; rectrices blackish along the shaft, merging gradually 
27 Thraupis cana quaesita Bangs and Noble, Auk, vol. 35, No. 4, Oct. 16, 
1918, p. 460. (Sullana, Depto. Piura, Pert.) 
