FAMILY TROCHILIDAE 



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flanks and under tail coverts cinnamon-rufous ; rest of under surface 

 dull metallic bronze-green. 



An immature bird in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 labeled as from "Isthmus of Panama — Atlantic side," apparently a 

 young male, without crest, has the throat dull neutral gray, flecked 

 with whitish; forehead buff; tail, rump, and upper tail coverts as in 

 adult. 



An adult male from the Cerro Azul, January 31, 1961, had the 

 iris dark brown ; bill pale reddish brown (slightly browner than 

 the crest), with the tip neutral gray; feet somewhat darker; claws 

 black. 



Figure 43. — Rufous-crested coquette, coqueta corona leonada, Lophornis delattri 



lessoni. 



Measurements. — Males (12 from Veraguas, Bocas del Toro, 

 Panama, and Darien), wing 37.1-40.2 (38.1), tail 20.0-22.9 (21.6, 

 average of 11), culmen from base 10.7-12.8 (11.4) mm. 



Females (6 from Veraguas, Panama, and Colombia), wing 35.8- 

 37.9 (36.9), tail 18.0-20.2 (18.9), culmen from base 10.7-12.7 

 (11.8) mm. 



Resident. Rare ; on the Pacific slope known from Veraguas, 

 eastern Province of Panama, and Darien; on the Caribbean slope 

 recorded from Cocoplum, Bocas del Toro, and in the Chagres drain- 

 age in the Canal Zone. 



In Veraguas, Arce collected this tiny bird at Castillo and Chitra. 

 Benson secured 1 at Cocoplum, Bocas del Toro, October 26, 1927. 

 In the eastern sector of the Province of Panama Arce secured 1 at 

 Chepo, and I have 2 — 1 from Utive at the southern base of the 

 Cerro Azul, and 1 from Zumbador at 600 meters elevation in that 

 range. Goldman secured 1 near Cana February 29, 1912, the only 



