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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 specimens), 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. 



Range. — On the Pacific slope from the foothills of eastern Veraguas 

 (Santa Fe) eastward through the western part of the Province of 

 Panama (La Campana, Chorrera), throughout the Canal Zone, and 

 eastern Panama, to extreme eastern Darien (Jaque, Rio Jaque, Cana) ; 

 on the Caribbean slope from central Bocas del Toro (Cricamola), 

 through northern Veraguas (Guaval on Rio Calovevora), northern 

 Code (El Uracillo), the Province of Colon (Chilar, Portobello) and 

 the Comarca de San Bias (Mandinga, Perme, Obaldia) ; entering 

 Colombia on the western side of the lower Rio Atrato (Unguia, 

 Choco) and along the shores of the Gulf of Uraba at Acandi, Choco, 

 on the western side, and Necocli, Antioquia, on the east. 



This is the first published report of this race for Colombia. Speci- 

 mens from Acandi and Unguia, both near the Panamanian boundary, 

 are like typical examples from Panama. A series of 7 males from 

 Necocli on the eastern shore of the mouth of the Gulf of Uraba 

 averages faintly paler, more yellowish green below, and very faintly 

 more yellowish orange on the head. They thus show an approach 

 toward the paler milleri of the Shut Valley to the east, but are to be 

 placed with vitellinus. 



Gould published the description of this manakin twice, first in the 

 Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, where it appeared in 

 October 1843 as indicated above. The bird was displayed with 8 other 

 new species from this voyage at a meeting of the Zoological Society 

 in London in July 1843, but publication in the Proceedings did not 

 come until December. In the first publication, in October, Gould 

 states that "The specimen here figured was procured by Mr. Hinds at 

 Panama, and is the only one I have seen." The introduction to the 

 Voyage of the Sulphur indicates that the vessel made surveys along 

 the entire Pacific coast of the Republic, but it appears clear that the 

 locality "Panama" refers to the vicinity of Panama City, which is the 

 only place mentioned that lies within the range of vitellinus. This is 

 accepted, therefore, as the restricted type locality. 



MANACUS VITELLINUS VIRIDIVENTRIS Griscom 



Manacus vitellinus viridiventris Griscom, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 69, April 

 1929, p. 179. (Jimenez, near Buenaventura, Valle, Colombia.) 



Characters. — Similar to M. v. vitellinus, but male with lower breast, 

 abdomen, sides, flanks, under tail coverts, rump, and upper tail coverts 



