498 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA — PART 2 



A male, taken on Cerro Pando, beyond El Volcan, Chiriqui, Feb- 

 ruary 27, 1954, had the iris brownish red; bill greenish yellow, 

 changing to honey yellow at tip ; tarsus and toes greenish gray ; under 

 side of toe pads honey yellow. 



Worth (Auk, 1938, p. 535) recorded the iris in a female as deep 

 reddish orange, and the colors of bill and feet as in the male listed 

 above. 



Measurements. — Males (15 from Chiriqui) , wing 68.8-73.4 

 (71.2), tail 45.4-50.8 (47.8), culmen from base 18.5-20.2 (19.3), 

 tarsus 19.0-21.6 (19.9) mm. 



Females (13 from Chiriqui), wing 67.2-71.2 (69.6), tail 44.0-49.8 

 (46.8), culmen from base 18.0-20.8 (19.2), tarsus 18.7-20.5 (19.7) 

 mm. 



Resident. Fairly common, in the Subtropical Zone ranging down 

 to the upper tropical area from above Boquete westward around the 

 Volcan de Chiriqui to Cerro Pando and west to Santa Clara ; found 

 on the Caribbean slope of the volcano in Bocas del Toro. 



Like the spot-crowned barbet this is a bird of forested areas, where 

 it ranges mainly in undergrowth, going higher in the tree crown to 

 eat the berries in feeding trees. They appear regularly in the forest 

 edge, and also are common in thickets adjacent to forests. Occa- 

 sionally one or two will join the scattered bands of smaller birds 

 that forage in company, and then in search of insects may move 

 through the lower tree crown. In such gatherings they appear active 

 as they move among the leaves, but when alone they often rest quietly 

 for several minutes. 



C. Brooke Worth (loc. cit., pp. 535-536) found 2 nests near El 

 Volcan, in June and July, 1937, both in old woodpecker holes in 

 fenceposts hidden in thickets adjacent to the edge of forest. In 1 

 nest, located on June 22, he observed the male as it entered the nest 

 hole during the day, and at night found the female on the eggs, indi- 

 cation that both parents shared in the duties of incubation. The 2 

 plain white eggs in this nest were laid in the bottom of the cavity, 

 which had no nest lining. One held a 5-day embryo, in the other 

 incubation had not begun. From examination of the gonads of the 

 female he determined that the set was complete. The 2 eggs measured 

 16x25 and 17x24 mm. The second nest held 3 young about 5 days 

 old. These were kept under observation until July 1 1 , when they were 

 collected for study specimens. They were fed on insects. He recorded 

 that the adults "never went directly to the nest. Arriving with their 

 beaks full of insects, they usually sat in a small bush about twenty feet 



