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BANGS — CHIRIQUI BIRDS 



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N K.Z.C. 



Vol. Ill 



Type, from Loma del Leon (Lion Hill Station, Panama R. R.)> Panama, 

 $ adult, no. 7354, coll. of E. A. and O. Bangs, collected March 26, 1900, by 

 \V. W. Brown, Jr. 



( 'haracters.-r Similar to true T. modestus of Costa Rica, but rather smaller, 

 and paler in color throughout, with more grayish on sides and back of neck ; 

 from T. zeledoni the new bird is very different — T. zeledoni being much larger, 

 and uniformly grayish brown above, and having very dull-colored flanks and 

 under tail coverts. 



Color.— Pileum dull grayish brown, becoming smoke gray on sides of neck 

 and tinged with this color on cervix ; a conspicuous white superciliary stripe, 

 and below it a dusky stripe passing through eye; cheeks dull white, slightly 

 pointed with dusky gray ; back grayish raw umber ; rump and upper tail 

 coverts pale russet; tail dull russet crossed by blackish bands ; wing — outer 

 edges of feathers dull grayish raw umber crossed by inconspicuous darker 

 bands, outer edges of outer primaries isabella color; throat, breast, middle of 

 belly and lining of wing, dull grayish white ; flanks and under tail coverts 

 cinnamon. 1 



measurements (in millimeters). 



Sex 



Exposed 



Remarks. — I have selected for the type one of the specimens 

 from Loma del Leon, collected over a year ago by Mr. Brown, 

 because Panama specimens are more extreme of the new race 

 than Chiriqui ones. All the birds taken in the latter district seem 

 best referred to the new form, but most of them show an approach 

 toward true T. modestus of Costa Rica, both in size and in color. 



The Panama form of T. modestus was referred to, and its 

 characters pointed out, both by Baird 2 and by Salvin and Godman, 3 

 but so far as I can find it has not been named till now. 



1 Description taken from the type, adult female, and a topotype, adult male, no. 7355. 



2 Review of American Birds, Part I, p. 131. 



i 1 Centrali-Americana, Aves, Vol. I, pp. 83, 84. 



