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two (on each side) with a similar but broader and more cuneate 

 stripe, the two outer pairs (on each side) with outer web and part 

 of inner web purphsh black; remiges purplish dusky, the inner sec- 

 ondaries glossed with bronze-green, the ];)rimaiy coverts similar in 

 color to primaries but darker; loral and orbital regions deep cinnamon- 

 rufous; chin and throat (gorget) brilliant metaUic orange-red or 

 orange (less scarlet than in S. rufus and S. alleni), changing to golden 

 green in position d; chest dull white, tinged with cinnamon-buff pos- 

 teriorly, the feathers dusky gray beneath surface ; rest of under parts 

 pale cinnamon-rufous or cinnamon-buff, paler medially, the sides 

 (especially sides of breast) spotted with metallic bronze-green; bill 

 dull black, the mandible paler basally; iris dark brown; feet grayish 

 brown or dusky; length (skins), 61-68 (66); wing, 31-34 (32.7); tail, 

 22-24.5 (23.5); exposed culmen, 10-11 (10.5).« 



Adult female. — Above similar in color to adult male, but slightly 

 duller (especially on pileum); middle rectrices metallic bronze-green 

 margined with cinnamon or pale cinnamon-rufous, the remaining 

 rectrices cinnamon-rufous for basal half, the tenninal half crossed 

 by a broad subterminal band of black and broadly tipped with pale 

 cinnamon-rufous or cinnamon-buff; chin and throat varying from 

 dull buffy white to pale cinnamon-rufous, more or less streaked or 

 spotted with dusky grayish brown or dull bronzy; rest of under parts 

 as in adult male, but sides without green spotting; bill, etc., as in 

 adult male; length (skins), 65-69 (67); wing, 34-37.5 (35.7); tail, 

 21-23.5 (22.5); exposed culmen, 11.5-12.5 (11.9).'' 



Young male. — Similar to the adult female, but middle rectrices 

 mainly cinnamon-rufous. 



Young female. — Similar to the adult female, but under parts 

 strongly suffused with pale cinnamon-rufous, especially on throat, 

 and feathers of upper parts indistinctly margined terminally with 

 rusty. 



Highlands of Costa Rica (Volcan de Irazii; Volcan de Turrialba; 

 Coliblanco; Cartago; Rancho Redondo; Tucurriqui; Barranca; Cer- 

 vantes; Tabacales; San Jose; Escazii; Cerro de la Candelaria; Las 

 Cruces de Candelaria; Santa Maria de Dota; Copey, Laguaria, and 

 San Lucas, Dota) and western Panama (Volcan de Cliiriqui; Boquete). 



