582 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 2 



ince of Panama (sight record) ; and from Armila and Puerto 

 Obaldia, San Bias. 



An early report by Salvin (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867, p. 157) 

 for "Santiago de Veragua" cited also by Salvin and Godman (Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, vol. 2, 1895, p. 445) seems to have been corrected 

 by Salvin (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 212) to Calovevora. The 

 species is known on the Pacific slope only from Darien. 



The little known crimson-bellied woodpecker is one that I have 

 encountered on few occasions. In the Tuira Valley near the mouth of 

 the Rio Paya, on March 3, 1959, I found a pair with 1 grown young 

 in an area of heavy forest. Here the birds ranged rather low through 

 the trees, among the lower branches or below and in the tops of 

 taller undergrowth. My view of them was of occasional brief glimpses 

 as they flew with bounding flight to disappear behind the cover of 

 leaves. It was difficult to follow them, and still more difficult to 

 observe them, as they often rested quietly. As they moved about 

 occasionally they uttered low, chattering calls. In flight they appeared 

 dark — almost black — except for an occasional flash of light color 

 from the bars and spots on the under surface of the wings. Else- 

 where, in more open forest in eastern San Bias, on Cerro Pirre, 

 and on Cerro Tacarcuna, they were seen in the higher levels of the 

 trees. In mannerisms in general they are like the two other large 

 species of the genus found in Panama. The drum resembles these 

 also, being a single strong blow, followed immediately by another, 

 usually of equal force. The low, rattling call is similar to that of 

 C. m. malherbii. One caught in a mist net squealed loudly. 



The submaxillary glands in an adult female measured 10 mm. 

 long by 2 mm. wide. They lay closely applied to the inside of the 

 ramus of the lower jaw on either side. Stomachs of those that I 

 examined have held remains of large weevils and other adult beetles, 

 and bits of large coleopterous larvae, evidently boring species. One 

 of these, apparently a longicorn, was 75 mm. long and from the skin 

 must have been two-thirds as thick as my little finger. Another was 

 150 mm. long with the diameter of my fountain pen. 



The record for the Rio Boqueron was made by Enrique van Horn, 

 an experienced and knowledgeable woodsman, of the staff of the 

 Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, who was with me as an assistant. 



The rather long, flexible body plumage of these birds soon be- 

 comes worn so that most present an untidy appearance. 



The present subspecies ranges in Colombia east to the middle 

 Magdalena Valley and south to northwestern Ecuador. Typical C. h. 



