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as a single species under the oldest name, fiimigatus. From super- 

 ficial examination this may seem reasonable, as the birds are similar 

 in size and general appearance. However it is not fully verified. 

 The crest in the fiimigafus group is less developed (a distinction 

 noted by Skutch when he saw the southern birds in the mountains 

 of eastern Ecuador). Also this assemblage appears to have a slighter 

 development of the bristles on the anterior part of the head. The 

 true fumigatus group ranges north only to the higher elevations of 

 the western Andes in northwestern Colombia. The bird of western 

 Panama is separated thus by the entire length of the Isthmus. Until 

 details are better known the three groups may be regarded as separate 

 specific entities. 



[CONTOPUS OCHRACEUS Sclater and Salvin: Ochraceous 

 Pewee, Mosquero Aceitunado 



Contopus ochraccus Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, October 1869, 

 p. 419. (Costa Rica.) 



Size of the Dark Pewee, Contopus liiguhris (length 155-170 mm.) ; 

 ochraceous-olive, darker above, with crown, wings, and tail dusky ; 

 two buff wing-bars ; lower surface paler ochraceous-olive, with an 

 indefinitely indicated darker breast. 



A rare species known from Volcan de Irazu and Turrialba, with a 

 few other reports in Costa Rica. 



An early specimen. No. 497632. in the Rothschild collection in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, marked "E. Museo Dalmas," 

 has a rectangular green tag stamped "Chiriqui," and on the reverse, 

 "R. 7l.6.a.B.M." In search in the collections of the British Museum 

 (Natural History) I found only two specimens of this bird, both 

 collected by Underwood, one marked "Irazu," the other "Estrella 

 de Cartago." There was no record for the year 1871. The appear- 

 ance of the specimen in New York is closely similar to those in 

 London prepared by Underwood. The record without other verifica- 

 tion is too dubious to be accepted for Panama. 



Eugene Eisenmann on February 29, 1960, at 2130 meters on the 

 Boquete trail above Cerro Punta, had a brief sighting of a flycatcher 

 that may have been this species, but the identification was not certain. 

 There have been other uncertain reports.] 



CONTOPUS VIRENS (Linnaeus): Eastern Wood Pewee, 

 Papamoscas Oriental 



Muscicapa virens Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 327. (South 

 Carolina.) 



