Vol. XVIII 

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J Bangs, Collection of Birds from Chiriqui. ^SS 



or ten minutes or delay for a half-hour. When finally appearing, 

 whether soon or late, she does not indulge in any preliminary hop- 

 ping or perching in near-by bushes or in the nest-bush itself, but 

 flies straight to the nest and goes on in a twinkling. She often 

 flies through the shrubbery unseen, appearing suddenly and 

 unexpectedly at the nest, and going on the eggs like a flash. But 

 she will frequently leave the eggs again after remaining on but a 

 minute or two, returning after a brief interval for another short 

 stay, and so continuing restless and nervous as long as the intruder 

 remains in the neighborhood. 



ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS MADE BY W. W. 

 BROWN, JR., AT DAVID AND DIVALA, CHIRIQUL 



BY OUTRAM BANGS. 



Mr. W. VV. Brown, Jr., has lately sent to my brother and me 

 1 183 bird skins, the result of about 58 days collecting during the 

 whole of the month of November and parts of October and 

 December, 1900, at David and Divala, two towns, about thirty 

 miles apart, situated in the heavily forested lowlands of Chiriqui. 

 The birds were all taken in the cool tropical forest or on the 

 plantations at about 200 feet above sea level. This splendid col- 

 lection contains six forms that appear to be new, and some of 

 the other birds belong to species exceedingly rare or altogether 

 wanting in American Museums, so that it seems worth while to 

 publish the following complete list of the lot. 



Though he was entirely without assistance, Mr. Brown sent 

 home, beside this large collection of birds, many mammals, and 

 the result shows with what energy he worked in the unhealthy, 

 tropical climate of this fever-stricken region. At David and Div- 

 ala, Mr. Brown tells me, there is a great difference between the 

 temperatures in the daytime and at night. The days are exces- 

 sively hot and the nights cool. In the deep forest, however, 

 under the shade of the red rubber tree and the gigantic Spanish 



