NO. 2 BIRDS OF ISLA ESCUDO DE VERAGUAS — WETMORE J 



sentative of this species around Almirante Bay that I recognized it as 

 an unknown race when the first specimen came to hand. It is described 

 in the following paragraphs : 



MANACUS VITELLINUS AMITINUS, subsp. nov. 



Characters. — Similar to Manacas vitellines cerritus Peters 1 but 

 definitely larger ; bill distinctly larger and heavier ; tarsi and toes 



Fig. i. — Gould's manakin, Matraco. 



heavier ; adult male with lower back, rump, and posterior ventral sur- 

 face, including the sides and under wing coverts, darker green ; female 

 and immature male somewhat darker green throughout, with the 

 abdomen less yellowish. 



Description. — Type, U.S.N.M. No. 468919, male adult, from Isla 

 Escudo de Veraguas, Prov. Bocas del Toro, Panama, March 2, 1958, 

 collected by Alexander Wetmore (orig. No. 22241). Entire crown 



1 Manacus cerritus Peters, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. io, September 

 22, 1927, p. 9. (Almirante, Bocas del Toro, Panama.) 



