36 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — PART 2 



coverts, and a smaller one, sometimes absent, on the inner lesser cov- 

 erts ; alula and primaries brownish black ; outer tail feathers grayish 

 white to white ; f oreneck and chest chocolate-brown to deep reddish 

 brown (extended in some back across most of breast) passing into 

 slate-gray on lower breast and sides ; abdomen and under tail coverts 

 white ; axillars and under wing coverts grayish to blackish brown. 



Female, above olive-brown, grayer on the wing coverts ; wing spots 

 dark purple ; outer tail feathers dull black tipped with white ; forehead 

 and malar region cinnamon, changing to dull white on throat ; chest 

 buffy brown ; abdomen and under tail coverts buff to buffy white. 



Immature, like female but browner, with under parts narrowly 

 edged with buff. 



An adult male taken above Cerro Punta, Chiriqui, March 8, 1955, 

 had the iris light orange-brown ; bare skin around eye Marguerite 

 yellow, with the edge of the eyelids black ; bill black ; tarsus and toes 

 dull red ; claws fuscous. 



Weight, $ , 77 grams. 



Measurements. — Males (5 from Chiriqui), wing 108.0-117.0 

 (112.2), tail 74.5-83.5 (78.3), culmen 12.5-13.7 (13.1), tarsus 20.5- 

 24.5 (22.3) mm. 



Females (2 from Chiriqui), wing 110, 114; tail 73.5, 78.0; culmen, 

 13.5, 15.0; tarsus 21.0, 24.0 mm. 



Resident. Uncommon in the Subtropical Zone in western Chiriqui 

 at elevations of from 1,500 to 2,100 meters. One record for Cerro 

 Campana, Western Province of Panama. 



The main reports of this little-known species have been from the 

 region near Boquete, where W. W. Brown, Jr., secured the first speci- 

 mens recorded from Panama between January and May 1901 (Bangs, 

 Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 3, 1902, p. 23). While Brown 

 indicated that he found them down to about "3,000 feet elevation" I 

 believe that this was in error by at least 1,500 feet (500 meters) from 

 my own observations in that area. Monniche secured 3 specimens at 

 Lerida, where he recorded the species between 1,600 and 1,950 meters 

 (Blake, Fieldiana: Zool., vol. 36, 1958, p. 510). On the opposite side 

 of the volcano Mrs. Davidson collected a female, the only one seen, at 

 Cerro Punta, January 3, 1931, (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., vol. 23, 1938, 

 p. 256). My only personal experience with these birds was in this 

 latter locality in March 1955. Above 2,000 meters elevation there were 

 a few in forest with heavy undergrowth containing much bamboo. 

 The birds were found on the ground, and were seen with difficulty 

 because of the dense cover. We spent some time in careful stalking 



