594 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 3 



MIONECTES OLIVACEUS HEDERACEUS Bangs 



Mioncctcs olivaceus hederaceus Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 23, 

 May 4, 1910, p. 7Z. (Pavas, Valle, Colombia.) 



Characters. — Slightly larger, with somewhat longer bill ; darker, 

 more olive-green above ; streaks on lower surface somewhat darker ; 

 lower breast and abdomen slightly paler yellow. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Code, Province of Panama, 

 Canal Zone, and Darien), wing 67.2-71.7 (69.6), tail 46.9-53.0 

 (50.7), culmen from base 15.5-17.5 (16.3), tarsus 16.5-17.5 

 (16.9) mm. 



Females (10 from Code, Province of Panama, and Darien), wing 

 60.4-65.3 (62.9), tail 45.2-49.0 (46.4), culmen from base 14.2-16.1 

 (15.1), tarsus 15.5-16.5 (16.2) mm. 



An adult male, taken on the Rio Guabal, northern Code, February 

 28, 1962, had the iris brown ; bill black, except mandibular rami which 

 were warm brown, and the base of the gonys which was grayish 

 white ; tarsus and toes warm brown ; claws grayish brown ; inner 

 surface of bill light blue ; inside of mouth, tongue, and fauces black. 

 Another male, taken on the Rio Pequeni back of Madden Lake, 

 March 6, 1961, had the entire bill black. 



An adult female, collected with first male, on the Rio Guabal. had 

 the mandibular rami grayish blue, the base of the gonys dull brown, 

 and the inside of the mouth as in the male. In another, at the base of 

 Cerro Chucanti, eastern Province of Panama, March 6, 1950, the 

 iris was brown ; bill dusky neutral gray, becoming fuscous at gape ; 

 tarsus and toes fuscous, inner surface of maxilla, mandible, and 

 tongue light grayish blue. 



Resident. Common, widely distributed in forested areas ; on the 

 Pacific slope recorded from the mountains of Veraguas (Chitra), 

 western Province of Panama (Cerro Campana), southern Canal Zone 

 (Road K-6), Cerro Azul and the base of Cerro Chucanti, eastern 

 Province of Panama, east through Darien; to 1580 meters on Cerro 

 Pirre, and 1450 meters on Cerro Tacarcuna ; on the Caribbean slope 

 from eastern Bocas del Toro and northern Veraguas (Rio Calo- 

 vevora), northern Code (head of Rio Guabal), western sector of 

 Colon (Rio Indio), and the lower valley of the Rio Chagres in the 

 Canal Zone ; probably throughout the Comarca de San Bias, but re- 

 corded only in the east from Perme and Armila to Puerto Obaldia, 

 near the Colombian boundary. 



They range in undergrowth, occasionally higher in the trees, fre- 

 quently alone, less often in company with traveling parties of other 



