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see them. Their presence was known usually by their call, a loud coo- 

 ah, repeated at short intervals. The tone is nasal, with a batrachian 

 sound, especially when heard at a distance. In fact, I mistook the first 

 ones heard for the calls of some forest frog. 



The first account of breeding, and also the first report of the species 

 for the locality, is that of Storrs L. Olson who collected a male sitting 

 on a nest at about 900 meters elevation on Cerro Campana, Panama, 

 on June 19, 1966. The nest, placed in a bush somewhat more than 1% 

 meters above the ground, was a rather large accumulation of sticks, 

 flattened in form, with a central depression lined with finer material. 

 This contained 1 egg, pale buff in color, with measurement of 37.4 X 

 about 26.0 mm. As it was somewhat damaged by the shot, the dimen- 

 sion of the transverse diameter may not be minutely accurate. Other 

 individuals of this species were recorded in the area. (Olson, Powell, 

 and Eisenmann, Condor, 1968, p. 179.) 



GEOTRYGON GOLDMANI Nelson: Goldman's Quail-Dove; 

 Paloma Cabecicastana 



Size and general appearance of Lawrence's quail-dove, but with 

 crown and nape russet-brown, and side of head buff. 



Description. — Length 265-285 mm. Male, crown and nape russet- 

 brown, paler on forehead ; hindneck grayish brown ; center of back 

 dull purple-violet ; rest of upper surface rather dull brown ; alula, pri- 

 mary coverts, and primaries grayish dusky; cheeks buff, becoming 

 gray on auricular area, with a line of black along lower margin ; throat 

 white ; f oreneck and breast gray ; abdomen white to buff, finely marked 

 with gray ; sides and flanks light olive-brown ; under tail coverts gray 

 to brownish gray, freckled with darker gray, in some with paler tips ; 

 under wing coverts grayish brown. 



Female, usually darker on the under surface. 



Juvenile, above dull cinnamon-brown, edged slightly with dusky 

 violet ; below dusky brown, edged with cinnamon-buff. 



This is a ground-living species of the high forests of eastern Panama 

 that is known from few observations. Two forms are recognized. 



GEOTRYGON GOLDMANI GOLDMANI Nelson 



Geotrygon goldmani Nelson, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, no. 3, September 

 27, 1912, p. 2. (Cerro Pirre, 1,500 meters elevation, Darien.) 



diameters. — More olive-brown above; breast and f oreneck lighter 

 gray ; sides and flanks lighter brown. 



