12 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I50 



TINAMUS MAJOR BRUNNEIVENTRIS Aldrich 



Tinamus major brunneiventris Aldrich, Scient. Publ. Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 7, Aug. 31, 1937, p. 28. (Paracote, 1 mile south of mouth of Rjo Angulo, 

 Veraguas, Panami.) 



Characters. — Generally similar to Tinamus m. castaneiceps, but 

 darker above and below; sides of head and crown darker brown 

 (darker than in T. m. saturatus) . 



Measurements. — Males (2 specimens), wing 214, 234, culmen from 

 base 34.0, 34.2, tarsus 67.6, 70.2, middle toe with claw 37.5 mm. 



Female (1 specimen), wing 229, culmen from base 34.0, tarsus 

 69, middle toe with claw 37.1 mm. 



Resident. In forests of the Tropical Zone of southern Veraguas 

 adjacent to Golfo de Montijo. Recorded to the lower Rio San 

 Lorenzo (east of Bahia Honda), the western slope of the Azuero 

 Peninsula at Altos Cacao (450 meters elevation, between the Rio 

 Negro and Rio Mariato), and on the slopes of Cerro Montuosa and 

 Cerro Hoya on the central divide. 



On Cerro Hoya Handley found it common through the forests 

 to an elevation of 1,000 meters. Little is known of this race other 

 than the few specimens that have been collected. 



TINAMUS MAJOR SATURATUS Griscom 



Figure 3 



Tinamus major saturatus Griscom, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 69, April 1929, 

 p. ISO. (Cana, 650 meters elevation, Darien.) 



Characters. — Differs from other races in Panama in having the 

 feathers on the back of the head elongated to form a small crest; 

 crown chestnut as in Tinamus m. castaneiceps, but dorsal surface 

 darker, in this like T. m. fuscipennis. 



Measurements. — Males (14 specimens from Panama), wing 215- 

 238 (227), culmen from base 32.8-37.5 (35.3), tarsus 64.5-73.1 

 (69.3), middle toe with claw (6 specimens) 37.4-40.1 (38.6) mm. 



Females (12 specimens from Panama), wing 218-242 (230), 

 culmen from base 33.0-38.5 (35.3), tarsus 66.5-73.3 (69.5), middle 

 toe with claw (6 specimens) 38.1-40.2 (39.5) mm. 



Resident. In forest areas on the Pacific slope from the Cerro Azul, 

 eastern Province of Panama, eastward through Darien ; and on the 

 Caribbean side from Madden Lake through the San Bias; ranging 

 upward in Darien into the Subtropical Zone (1,400 meters on Cerro 

 Mali). 



Intergradation toward Tinamus major fuscipennis is evident in 



