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a valley. It contained two very small young. The dimensions were : 

 outside diameter 59 mm., outside depth 59; inside diameter 27 ; inside 

 depth 20. A large amount of moss made up the outside and there were 

 very few lichens on the upper part of one side. The inner body and 

 lining were composed of fine brown plant fibers." 



Schonwetter (Handb. Ool., pt. 11, 1966, p. 675) gives the following 

 sizes for 2 eggs from Chiriqui in the British Museum: 13.5x8.9 and 

 14.5x9.7 mm. 



The record for Isla Cebaco (Auk, 1950, p. 364), a locality near 

 sea level, is from a wrongly labeled specimen prepared by J. H. Batty. 



LAMPORNIS CASTANEOVENTRIS HOMOGENES Wetmore 



Lampornis castaneoventris homogenes Wetmore, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 80, December 1, 1967, p. 235. (Chitra, 1,430 meters elevation, Veraguas, 

 Panama.) 



Characters. — Male, similar to male Lampornis castaneoventris 

 calolaema, but breast and abdomen darker gray. 



Female, similar to female Lampornis castaneoventris castaneoventris 

 but somewhat darker, more bluish green on dorsal surface ; central 

 rectrices darker bronze-green ; white tipping on outer rectrices less in 

 extent ; and bluish black subterminal band broader. 



An adult female, taken March 3, 1962, at Alto Carvallo, 900 meters 

 elevation, above the head of Rio Guabal, Code, had the iris dark 

 brown ; cutting edge of mandible at tip dull honey yellow ; rest of bill 

 black ; scutes on lower end of tarsus and toes dark brown, the scutes 

 bordered with light grayish brown ; claws black. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from eastern Chiriqui and Veraguas), 

 wing 62.2-65.9 (63.4), tail 33.6-37.6 (35.8), culmen from base 19.6- 

 21.2 (20.5) mm. 



Females (11 from eastern Chiriqui, Veraguas, and western Code), 

 wing 55.1-57.5 (56.4), tail 31.8-33.3 (32.5), culmen from base 20.8- 

 22.6 (21.5) mm. 



Resident. Subtropical Zone in mountains of eastern Chiriqui (Cerro 

 Flores, Cordillera de Tole) , Veraguas (Santa Fe, Chitra), and western 

 Code (Alto Carvallo). 



This form is known mainly from specimens collected by Arce near 

 Santa Fe and Chitra, Veraguas, and in the Cordillera de Tole, Chiriqui, 

 reported mainly by Salvin. Griscom and his companions secured 2 

 males at about 1,675 meters on Cerro Flores in eastern Chiriqui. 



On March 3, 1962, in western Code, as I crossed the pass at Alto 

 Carvallo, on returning to El Cope from a camp on the Caribbean slope 



