FAMILY CAPITONIDAE 495 



were feeding at a berry-bearing tree. They were seen again on the 

 head of the Rio Guabal on the Caribbean slope, also in northern 

 Code, on February 28, and March 1, 1961. On the latter date 3 

 came at sunset to rest in a vine-covered tree. 



Published records of this bird for Veraguas date from Salvin 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867, p. 157) who listed a specimen from 

 "Santiago de Veragua" purported to have been received from Arce. 

 This is included also by Salvin and Godman (Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, vol. 2, 1896, p. 548) as "Santiago de Veraguas." Shelley (Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 19, 1891, p. 110), in his account of this species, 

 lists 2 males and 1 female attributed to "Veragua (E. Arce). Salvin- 

 Godman Coll." It is possible that they were taken on the Caribbean 

 slope in the Calovevora area, where Arce secured other birds, but 

 this is not certain. The Santiago report from far out on the level 

 lands on the Pacific side is too distant from the known range to be 

 accepted. To date there are no certain records for Veraguas. 



CAPITO MACULICORONATUS RUBRILATERALIS Chapman 



Capito maculicoronatus rubrilateralis Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 31, July 23, 1912, p. 144. (Juntas de Tamana, Choco, Colombia.) 



Capito maculicoronatus pirrensis Nelson, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, no. 21, 

 p. 1. (Cana, 550 meters elevation, Cerro Pirre, Darien, Panama.) 



Capito maculicoronatus melas Griscom, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 72, January 

 1932, p. 340. (Puerto Obaldia, San Bias, Panama.) 



Characters. — Lateral streak on flanks bright red. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Darien and San Bias), wing 

 77.5-80.5 (79.4), tail 45.4-50.2 (47.7), oilmen from base 21.0-23.5 

 (22.0), tarsus 21.9-23.4 (22.8) mm. 



Females (10 from Darien), wing 76.1-81.1 (79.0), tail 46.0-49.7 

 (47.7), culmen from base 21.6-23.2 (22.2), tarsus 21.9-23.2 (22.3) 

 mm. 



Resident. Fairly common. On the Pacific side recorded in Darien 

 from Cerro Sapo to Jaque, the Rio Jaque, the Rio Tuira drainage 

 from El Real to the mouth of the Rio Paya, at Cana, 550 meters 

 elevation, on Cerro Pirre, and at 575 meters on the upper Rio 

 Tacarcuna ; less numerous on the Caribbean slope in San Bias where 

 it has been taken at Bahia Caledonia, Armila, and Puerto Obaldia. 



This eastern population is fairly widespread in Darien, but appar- 

 ently is less common along the San Bias coast. I recorded them 

 singly or 2 together ranging through the forest canopy, and occa- 

 sionally found 3 to 6 in company. They came to feed at berry-bearing 



