358 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 2 



HELIODOXA JACULA HENRYI Lawrence 



Heliodoxa Henryi Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 8, December 

 1866 (1867), p. 402. (Tuis, Costa Rica.) 



Tail bluish black in male ; a faint wash of dull bronze-green on 

 central pair of rectrices in female. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Panama), wing 72.7-77.7 (75.5), 

 tail 50.2-54.1 (52.6), culmen from base 23.7-25.7 (24.5) mm. 



Females (9 from Panama), wing 64.8-69.8 (67.2), tail 39.1-43.4 

 (41.3), culmen from base 24.1-26.7 (25.3) mm. 



Weight, 1 female, 7.39 grams. (Hartman, Auk, 1954, p. 468.) 



Resident. Found in the Subtropical Zone forests on both Pacific and 

 Caribbean slopes in Chiriqui, Bocas del Toro, and Veraguas ; recorded 

 between 1,200 and 2,300 meters. 



Records from specimens are as follows — Chiriqui : Santa Clara, El 

 Volcan, Cerro Punta, Boquete, Bajo Mono, Velo, Quiel, Cordillera de 

 Tole. Bocas del Toro: Caribbean slope on the trail from Boquete; 

 head of the Rio Changuena (1,450 meters elevation). Veraguas: 

 Chitra, Calobre, Calovevora. 



The published record for "Santiago de Veragua," by Salvin (Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1867, p. 154), quoted also by Salvin and Godman 

 (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, vol. 2, 1892, p. 340), certainly is not valid 

 as that locality is in the tropical lowlands. Salvin and Godman also 

 list "Castillo," with a reference to Gould (Ibis, 1869, p. 316) where, 

 however, the locality is not mentioned. Apparently this report was 

 taken from a female specimen (without catalog number) that I have 

 examined in the British Museum, collected by Arce, with a paper slip 

 marked "Laguna," apparently intended for Laguna del Castillo, one 

 of Arce's collecting localities. It also has a paper slip that reads 

 "Boquete" in Arce's writing, while the permanent label reads "Bo- 

 queti de Chitra." Obviously, there can be no certainty as to locality 

 in this confusion of data. Also Castillo, while in the foothills, is at 

 too low an elevation for this hummingbird. The locality Chitra, that 

 I have listed, is based on a number of specimens collected by Arce, 

 now in the British Museum (Natural History). Arce's specimens 

 marked Calobre, should refer to some area in the mountains above, as 

 the town of that name is located in the foothills. 



This form, named by Lawrence "in compliment to Prof. Joseph 

 Henry, the learned Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution," was 

 described from 2 immature specimens from Costa Rica, taken by 

 J. Carmiol. One marked female was collected at Angostura, in the 

 valley of the Rio Reventazon, near Turrialba. The second, sexed as 



