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hidden by leaves, so that probably they are more prevalent than the 

 usual casual observations during daily work in the field may indicate. 

 They come regularly to feeding trees, and may appear also on open 

 perches in dead or leafless tree tops. Their robust, muscular bodies, 

 short tails, and large heads give them a heavy appearance. In this, 

 however, they differ from the puffbirds, as the plumage is firm instead 

 of loose and lax, and the birds themselves are more active. 



Figure 62. — Spot-crowned barbet, capitan de corona manchada, Capito maculi- 

 coronatus, male above, female below. 



Two races are found in Panama, one in the central area, and the 

 other in Darien and San Bias. 



CAPITO MACULICORONATUS MACULICORONATUS Lawrence 



Capito maculicoronatus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 7, 1861, 

 p. 300. (Atlantic slope, Canal Zone, Panama.) 



Characters. — Lateral streak on flanks orange-red. 

 A male taken on the upper Rio Guabal, on the Caribbean slope 

 of Code, February 28, 1961, had the iris very dark brown; tip of 



