FAMILY FORMICARIIDAE 223 



90.0^94.3 (92.0), tail 52.1-56.8 (55.0), culmen from base 24.4-27.0 

 (25.7), tarsus 39.5-41.2 (40.3) mm. 



Female (1 from Veraguas), wing 87.1, tail 51.0, culmen from base 

 26.5, tarsus 40.1 mm. 



Resident. Rare, in upper Tropical and Subtropical Zone forests. 

 Reported in Panama from mountain areas in western \^eraguas and 

 Chiriqui. 



In the original description Salvin listed the type locality only as 

 "in Veragua." In a second account (idem, 1867, p. 145) he expanded 

 this somewhat to "Santiago de Veragua." Salvin and Godman (Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, vol. 2, 1892, p. 236) said of it, "F. rufipectus 

 was described from a single skin (marked 5) obtained by our col- 

 lector Arce at Santiago de Veraguas ; he some years afterwards 

 secured us a second specimen." The type specimen, in the British 

 Museum, I found to be labeled merely "Veragua." From the record 

 cited above, the bird came to Salvin in one of the first collections from 

 Arce in which there was often confusion as to provenience. In this 

 case, as the species is an inhabitant of mountain forests, Santiago, 

 far distant in the tropical lowlands toward the sea, is obviously in- 

 correct. From the records of Arce's early work the bird niust have 

 been taken near Santa Fe, where he made his first collections in 

 "Veragua." This, therefore, is cited here as the restricted type 

 locality. 



The label of the later specimen mentioned by Salvin and Godman 

 reads, "Veragua, Arce, 1874." In connection with this it should be 

 noted that the term "Veragua" at that early date included both 

 Chiriqui and Veraguas as at present recognized. As in the period 

 indicated Arce was located in western Chiriqui, this bird probably 

 was taken on the volcano, possibly in the Boquete area. The sex 

 is not marked, but from the wing measurement of 94.3 mm, and the 

 color, it appears to be a male. 



FORMICARIUS RUFIPECTUS CARRIKERI Chapman 



Formicariiis rufipectus carrikeri Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 31, 

 July 1912, p. 146. (San Antonio, above Call, Valle, Colombia.) 



Characters. — Breast somewhat paler brown ; sides and flanks paler ; 

 upper surface darker, blackish slate. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Darien, western Colombia, and 

 northwestern Ecuador), wing 88.8-94.7 (91.9), tail 52.0-58.8) 

 (54.3), culmen from base 24.2-27.7 (25.6), tarsus 38.5^1.8 

 (40.2) mm. 



