484 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 2 



There are 2 records from Costa Rica, a female taken at Carrillo, 

 May 1, 1924, and a male from La Hondura, both collected by Austin 

 Paul Smith. In Colombia it has been found on the Serrania de la 

 Macarena, Meta, at La Selva, Caldas, and at Buenavista, Narino. 

 To the south it is found in Ecuador, Peru, and western Brazil. The 

 female from Costa Rica which has the end of the bill missing was 

 described by Dwight and Griscom (Amer. Mus. Nov., no. 142, Nov. 3, 

 1924, p. 2) as M. I. austinsmithi from its broad, rather heavy bill 

 base. In coloration and pattern of marking it resembles specimens 

 from South America. Some from the latter area have the bill base 

 equally broad. The material examined seems too uniform to allow 

 division in subspecies. 



Nothing is recorded of habits or voice in this species. 



According to Sclater (Mon. Jacamars, Puff -birds, 1882, p. 132) the 

 type specimen was collected by Deville, naturalist on the Castelnau 

 Expedition from Lima to Para. According to Deville the bird was 

 taken in the Pampa del Sacramento near "Sarayacu," which Sclater 

 says is on the Rio Ucayali in Peru. This locality Sclater explains is not 

 to be confused with Sarayacu on the Rio Bobonassa, in the Oriente 

 of Ecuador, where Indians brought 4 specimens to Buckley, collected 

 with blowguns. Sclater mentions another from the Rio Napo, Ecuador, 

 that he had examined in Jardine's collection, who had received it 

 through "Prof. Jameson of Quito." The 4 collected by Buckley, in 

 the British Museum, which do not have the sex indicated, agree in 

 form of bill and markings with the specimen from the Macarena 

 mountains of Colombia. 



NONNULA FRONTALIS STULTA Wetmore: Gray-cheeked 

 Nunlet, Juancito Acanelado 



Nonnula frontalis stulta Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 122, no. 8, 

 December 17, 1953, p. 3. (El Uracillo, Rio Indio, northern Code, Panama.) 



Small ; foreneck and breast plain rufous-brown ; side of head gray. 



Description. — Length 135-150 mm. Two slightly different color 

 phases, one rufescent, the other grayer. 



Adult male, crown brown, more chestnut on the forehead ; rest 

 of upper surface olive-brown to sepia-brown; wings and central 

 rectrices dusky brown, edged with ochraceous-brown ; outer rectrices 

 light brown on outer web, somewhat darker on inner web; side of 

 head gray ; malar region and side of neck tawny-brown ; foreneck 

 and upper breast tawny-ochraceous ; sides and flanks cinnamon-buff ; 

 center of abdomen and under tail coverts white; edge of wing tawny ; 



