550 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — PART 3 



center of crown unmarked, or rarely a few anterior crown feathers 

 with short white streaks concealed on the base ; wings dusky ; middle 

 and greater coverts with outer webs edged with whitish to yellowish 

 olive, forming two bands ; secondaries broadly edged with white to 

 pale olive-yellow, this mark covering most of the outer web on the 

 innermost feather, where it forms a distinct light-colored spot ; pri- 

 maries with outer margin pale olive; tail deep grayish brown edged 

 indistinctly with dull greenish olive ; sides of head and neck slightly 

 paler than crown ; a faint line on upper lores, and an indistinct orbital 

 ring, pale olive to whitish olive ; forepart of under surface and sides 

 yellowish to pale grayish olive, changing to pale yellowish white on 

 center of breast, abdomen, and under tail coverts ; axillars, under wing 

 coverts and carpal edge of wing pale yellowish. 



Juvenile, upper surface from crown to upper tail coverts dull 

 olive-brown ; wing bands brownish buff, with distal spots on secon- 

 daries reduced. 



An adult male, taken February 26, 1954, near El Volcan, Chiriqui, 

 had the iris dark brown ; maxilla and tip of mandible fuscous-brown ; 

 rest of mandible pale brownish white ; tarsus and toes dark neutral 

 gray, with under side of toes faintly yellowish white. A female from 

 the same area, March 1, 1965, had the iris similar; maxilla and tip of 

 mandible fuscous-black ; rest of mandible very pale brownish white ; 

 tarsus, toes and claws black ; inside of mouth, including all of tongue, 

 rather dull orange. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Chiriqui), wing 78.5-82.6 (80.9), 

 tail 68.4-75.4 (71.2), culmen from base 12.6-14.0 (13.3), tarsus 17.5- 

 18.9 (18.1) mm. 



Females (10 from Chiriqui), wing 73.3-78.3 (75.1), tail 63.3-69.6 

 (66.1), culmen from base 12.0-13.7 (12.7), tarsus 17.1-18.0 

 (17.6) mm. 



A male taken at El Volcan, February 26, 1954, had the iris dark 

 brown ; maxilla and tip of mandible fuscous-brown ; rest of mandible 

 pale brownish white ; tarsus and toes dark neutral gray ; under side 

 of toes faintly yellowish white. A female, from the same locality, 

 March 1, 1965, had the iris very dark brown; maxilla and tip of 

 mandible fuscous-black ; rest of mandible very pale brownish white ; 

 tarsus and toes black ; inside of mouth, including all of tongue rather 

 dull orange. 



Resident. Common in the upper Tropical and Subtropical zones in 

 Chiriqui, especially on the slopes of the volcano, near El Volcan 

 and Boquete; also on Cerro Flores. Found less commonly in Vera- 



