P.N.E.Z.C. 
50 BANGS — CHIRIQUI BIRDS [ va ii 
Catharus fuscater (Lafr.). 
Twenty-one specimens, both sexes, Boquete and Volcan de 
Chiriqui, 4000 to 7500 feet, February to April. 
Catharus frantzii Cab. 
Three adults, both sexes, Boquete and Volcan de Chiriqui, 
5000 to 7000 feet, April and May. 
Catharus griseiceps Salv. 
Ten specimens, both sexes, Boquete, 4000 to 4800 feet, January 
to April. 
Catharus gracilirostris accentor’ subsp. nov. 
Eight adults, both sexes, Boquete and Volcan de Chiriqui, 5000 
to 11,000 feet, March, April and May. 
Type, from Volcan de Chiriqui, 10,300 feet altitude, @ adult, no. 8576, coll. 
of E. A. and O. Bangs, collected May 27, 1901, by W. W. Brown, Jr. 
Characters. — Similar to true C. gracilirostris of Costa Rica, but wing much 
shorter ; bill very much stouter and longer; upper parts less rufescent, more 
olivaceous. The color of the back and wings in the new form is raw umber 
(usually a little darker and more olivaceous than is this color in Ridgway’s 
“Nomenclature of colors,’”’ but sometimes almost exactly matching it). 
MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters). 
Sex Exposed 
No. and age Wing Tail Tarsus culmen 
8576 2 ad. 70.5 50. 29.5 15.0 
8577 2 ad. 70.0 59: 30.0 14.5 
8580 OFade 69.0 50. 30.0 14.0 
8581 Q ad. iO 60. 30.0 385 
8578 Guad 71.0 56. 31.0 14.0 
8579 & ad. 73.0 61. 30.5 15.0 
8582 & ad. 70.0 59. 3120 15.0 
' Accentor — one who sings with another. 
