FAMILY COLUMBIDAE IJ 



toes dull rose-red; claws black; under surface of toes dull brownish 

 white. An adult male, shot at the same time, was similar. In another 

 female, taken in the same area, February 7, 1965, the iris was vina- 

 ceous-brown, of a shade identical with the color of the crown feathers ; 

 somewhat thickened rim of the eyelids brownish red; bill and cere 

 black. 



Measurements. — Males (7 from Chiriqui), wing 160-169 (165.1), 

 tail 110.0-120.3 (114.4), oilmen 14.0-16.5 (14.9), tarsus 22.0-24.2 

 (23.4) mm. 



Females (4 from Chiriqui) wing 161-165 (163.6), tail 112.5-120.0 

 (116.1), culmen 13.0-16.0 (14.4), tarsus 21.8-22.9 (22.3) mm. 



Resident. Found locally in the Subtropical Zone of the western 

 mountains at elevations from 1,300 to 2,300 meters, from the Costa 

 Rican boundary east on the Pacific slope to Veraguas (Calovevora, 

 Chitra). 



I have noted them especially in the mountains near El Volcan, on 

 Cerro Pando, and from there west toward Costa Rica. 



Hellmayr and Conover (Cat. Birds Amer., pt. 1, no. 1, 1942, p. 463) 

 remark that "two birds from Chiriqui are slightly redder above than a 

 Costa Rican series." In the fair number that I have examined there is 

 no appreciable difference. 



The call, heard often in the forests of Cerro Pando, in general is 

 similar to that of Columba nigrirostris, but is higher in tone, and 

 definitely more rapid in utterance, with the final syllables slurred by 

 speed so that they are less clear cut. 



COLUMBA SUBVINACEA BERLEPSCHI Hartert 



Columba subvinacea berlepschi Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 5, December 31, 1898, 

 p. 504. (Paramba, 1,060 meters elevation, Rio Mira, northwestern Ecuador.) 



Characters. — Duller brown above ; smaller. 



An adult female taken at Boca de Paya, Darien, February 22, 1959, 

 had the iris wine color ; edge of eyelids and posterior lores dull red ; 

 bill black; tarsus and toes dark red; claws dusky neutral gray. A 

 male, collected near Puerto Obaldia, San Bias, was similar except that 

 the claws were black. 



Measurements. — Males (5 from San Bias and Darien), wing 149- 

 153 (151), tail 100-116.2 (106.9), culmen 11.5-13.2 (12.6), tarsus 

 20.0-22.8 (21.5) mm. 



Females (2 from Darien), wing 148 (in both); tail 102, 103.6; 

 culmen 12.8, 13.6 ; tarsus 20.4, 21.3 mm. 



Resident. Eastern Darien in the Tuira-Chucunaque Valley (to 900 



