338 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 3 



from El Cope, Code, February 23, 1962, had the iris dark mouse 

 brown, and the bill black, except for the central line of the gonys, 

 which was dusky neutral gray. A male in immature plumage from 

 the Candelaria Hydrographic Station, Panama, March 3, 1961, was 

 like adults, except that the tarsus and toes were yellowish brown. 



A female from La Jagua, Panama, January 13, 1962, had the iris 

 dark brown ; maxilla black ; base and sides of mandible dark neutral 

 gray ; base of gonys dull neutral gray ; tarsus and toes light orange ; 

 claws black. One from El Cope, Code, February 23, 1962, had the 

 iris dark mouse brown ; maxilla and tip of mandible black, base of 

 mandible neutral gray ; tarsus and toes orange ; claws black. Another 

 female, from Pucro, Darien, February 1, 1964, was similar. In 

 addition, inside the mouth in this bird, the tip of the tongue was 

 neutral gray ; the lining of the maxilla and extreme tip of the 

 mandible black, with the rest below and at the sides of the tongue dark 

 neutral gray. 



Measurements. — Males (47 from Province of Panama, Code, 

 Colon, Canal Zone, Darien, and San Bias), wing 50.4-55.7 (52.3), 

 tail 25.8-31.5 (28.3), culmen from base 11.0-13.0 (11.8), tarsus 

 20.4-22.4 (21.4) mm. 



Females (46 from Province of Panama, Code, Colon, Canal Zone, 

 Darien, and San Bias), wing 50.7-54.9 (53.2), tail 27.3-31.7 (29.3), 

 culmen from base 11.1-12.7 (12.0), tarsus 18.3-20.7 (19.4) mm. 



Weights, J* adult, 19.0 grams; J* immature, 16.5 grams; 3 5 15.5, 

 16.4, 16.4 grams (from R. S. Crossin). 



Resident. Locally common in wooded areas in the Tropical Zone. 

 On the Pacific slope from the foothills of eastern Veraguas (Santa 

 Fe), east through the western sector of the Province of Panama (La 

 Campana, Chorrera), the Canal Zone, the eastern sector of the 

 Province of Panama, and Darien (Rio Jaque, Jaque) ; on the Carib- 

 bean slope from the eastern end of Laguna de Chiriqui (Cricamola), 

 Bocas del Toro, through northern Veraguas (Guabal, on Rio Calo- 

 vevora), northern Code (El Uracillo), both eastern and western sec- 

 tors of Colon (Chilar, Portobelo), the northern Canal Zone, the 

 Chagres Valley, eastern Province of Panama, and the Comarca de 

 San Bias (Mandinga, Perme, Armila, Puerto Obaldia). 



Sclater (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 14, 1888, p. 315) Hsts an 

 adult male from "Veragua (Arce)" from the Salvin-Godman col- 

 lection, a specimen which apparently is the basis for the record 

 "Veraguas," by Salvin and Godman (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, vol. 2, 

 1890, p. 115). This bird, which I have seen, has no other data except 



