FAMILY RAMPHASTIDAE 515 



upper breast with a central spot of black (variable in size) ; a broad 

 band of red across the lower breast and upper abdomen, usually with 

 an indefinite line of black along upper margin ; tibia chestnut ; under 

 tail coverts yellow, mixed with red, in some with rufous; under wing 

 coverts light brownish gray distally, dull yellowish white internally; 

 bases of wing feathers basally pale dull cinnamon. 



Juvenile, cutting edge of maxilla smooth, and color of bill duller, 

 less red. 



An adult male, taken at El Volcan, Chiriqui, March 16, 1965, had 

 the iris yellow ; bare skin of eyelids and the broad, bare loral area in 

 front dull black, except for an indistinct line of pale dull buff across 

 the center of the lower lid ; remainder of bare area on side of head 

 above and below eye (concealed in part by small scattered feathers) 

 dull red ; bare skin of gular area dull honey yellow ; basal two-thirds 

 of culmen, and all of mandible except tip, black ; rest of maxilla bright 

 red, shading to dull green on the center of the base ; narrow, notched 

 teeth on cutting edge dull black, with the notches dull white ; tip of 

 mandible pale greenish white, with an elongate spot of dull red on 

 the gonys; a narrow line of yellowish white completely around the 

 entire base of the bill, with an indistinct posterior border of light 

 bluish slate ; tarsus and toes rather dull green ; claws black ; underside 

 of toe pads dull white. Another male, less highly colored, taken at 

 Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui, February 24, 1966, had the iris light 

 yellow ; edge of eyelids, lores, and bare skin above and below eye dull 

 slate, with a faint greenish tinge; upper edge of lower eyelid and 

 bare skin on side of head red; center of eyelids pale dull yellowish 

 brown ; culmen black except for distal third ; a spot of yellowish green 

 on side of base of maxilla, shading to orange for posterior third of 

 maxilla and then to red for the rest; a line of dark red along the 

 cutting edge, except that the toothed processes are dull yellowish white, 

 with the anterior three centrally gray ; all edged with dull black ; 

 mandible black with a faint tinge of brownish red ; a slightly raised 

 line of pale dull yellow, bordered posteriorly by a narrow margin of 

 dull grayish green, around the entire periphery of the base of the 

 bill ; inside of mouth dark reddish brown, with a line of dull pinkish 

 red along the center of the under surface of the maxilla ; tongue dull 

 buffy brown ; tarsus and toes grayish green ; claws dull black ; lower 

 surface of toe pads dull buffy yellow. 



A female, at El Volcan, Chiriqui, February 25, 1954, was generally 

 similar, but with the iris bright yellow; center of lower eyelid dull 

 orange; loral space, free edge of lower eyelid, and a line around the 



