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Honduras, and El Salvador to virestern Guatemala, is generally 

 similar in form but has a much shorter crest, a completely white 

 superciliary stripe, and much darker cheeks, while in the male the 

 throat is mainly black, instead of bright brown. It is said also to lay 

 white eggs like those of most other species of Colinus. 



In Panama these birds are known usually as perdiz, since most 

 persons do not distinguish them as of a different family from the 

 small tinamou. The correct name is codornis. 



COLINUS CRISTATUS PANAMENSIS Dickey and van Rossem 



Coliims leucotis panamensis Dickey and van Rossem, Condor, vol. 32, no. 1, 

 Jan. 20, 1930, p. 73. (Aguadulce, Cocl6, Panam4.) 



Characters. — Black markings restricted so that the dorsal surface 

 is grayish brown, and the breast bright brown, rather than black. 

 Compared to Colinus c. mariae the coloration throughout is decidedly 

 brown. 



A male taken at El Potrero, Code, March 7, 1962, had the iris 

 brown ; bill black ; tarsus and toes light brownish gray ; with the claws 

 slightly darker. 



Measurements. — Males (12 specimens), wing 92.3-97.3 (94.1), 

 tail 50.0-54.5 (52.1), culmen from cere 12.7-14.0 (13.2), tarsus 27.6- 

 31.6 (29.4) mm. 



Females (9 specimens), wing 91.0-100.5 (95.8), tail 47.0-54.8 

 (51.4), culmen from cere 13.0-14.0 (13.5), tarsus 28.3-31.4 (30.2) 

 mm. 



Resident. Lowlands of the Pacific slope in western Veraguas 

 from 10 kilometers west of Sona eastward (Santiago, near Santa Fe) 

 through Code (El Valle, El Cope, El Potrero, Aguadulce, Penonome, 

 Rio Hato) and the adjacent area of the western sector of the 

 Province of Panama (El Espino, San Carlos, Bejuco) to the valley 

 of the Rio de la Mona at the south base of Cerro Campana; south 

 on the eastern side of the Azuero Peninsula through Herrera (Santa 

 Maria, Potuga, El Barrero, Paris, Parita, Monagrillo, Chitre) and 

 Los Santos, (Los Santos, Mensabe) to Pedasi, Los Asientos, and the 

 lower Tonosi Valley, 



I have found this race most common in Herrera. In 1948 dozens 

 trapped for the market were sold for 10 cents each. It was common 

 in Parita to see them alive in small cages that were suspended near 

 the household kitchens to protect them from dogs and other marauders 

 tmtil they were wanted for the table. 



