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and with a black subbasal mesial streak of black; a large, roundish 

 patch of black occupying postero-central portion of crown and con- 

 tiguous portion of occiput; hindneck, back, scapulars, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts plain olivaceous parrot green, more or less suffused 

 with chestnut-tawny on nape (mostly concealed by overlapping blue 

 occipital feathers); wings clearer (less olivaceous) green, becoming 

 bluish green on primaries; tail clear green (dull parrot green) prox- 

 imally, becoming more bluish green distally, the terminal "spatules" 

 of the middle rectrices greenish blue, broadly tipped with dull black; 

 suborbital black area margined below by a series of narrow feathers 

 tipped with light greenish blue and violet-blue ; general color of ante- 

 rior under parts light olive-green superficially (this color underlaid by 

 dull tawny or rufous-tawny) passing into olive-tawny or rufescent 

 olive-tawny on posterior half (more or less) and on chin, the throat 

 usually more or less strongly tinged with light green; under wing- 

 coverts and broad edgings to proximal portion of remiges deep 

 ochraceous-buff ; bill black; iris red; legs and feet dusky brownish 

 (in dried skins) . 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 385-420 (395); wing, 121-129 (126.6) ; 

 tail, 224.5-238 (229.4); exposed cuhnen, 36-42.5 (38.7); tarsus, 

 27-29 (28.3); middle toe, 18-19 (18.5).'^ 



Adult female.— Length, (sldns), 368-396 (378); wing, 119-128.5 

 (125.4); tail, 216-226.5 (219.1); exposed cuhnen, 37-41 (39.9); tar- 

 sus, 26-29.5 (27.6); middle toe, 17.5-19 (18.3).^ 



Canal Zone, eastern Panama (LlOn Hill; Chepo; San Pablo; Rio 

 Indio; near City of Panama ; Sabana de Panama ; Punta de Sabana), 

 and southward to south-central Colombia (Rio Guile, Honda; 

 Ambalema) .'^ 



a Five specimens. 

 b Seven specimens. 



Locality. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Five adult males from Panama ( M. s. conexus) 



Two adult males from south-central Colombia ( M. s. conexus?) . 

 Ten adult males from SantaMarta, Colombia {M. s. subrufesccns) . 

 One adult male from s. e. Panama ( M. r. reconditus) 



FEMALES. 



Seven adult females from Panama ( Jl/. s. conexus) 



Ten adult females from Santa Marta. Colombia (Jlf. s. subrufesccns) 



18.5 

 19.2 

 18 

 19 



18.3 

 18 



c Except for their slightly larger size, as shown in the above table of measurements, 

 I am unable to detect the slightest difference between two adult males from the 

 Colombian localities mentioned and the series from Panama. 



