LICTOR FLYCATCHER 



shading to white on forehead, with a concealed 

 crown patch of flame-colored elongated feathers; 

 sides of head dusky, this extending below eye; 

 rest of plumage above olive green; cheeks, chin 

 and throat white; remainder of under parts and 

 under wing coverts bright canary yellow. 



Female. Length 155 mm. (6.10 in.); tail 67 

 mm. (2.65 in.). Like male but crown patch 

 smaller or lacking. No wing bars; no brown 

 edging to the wing quills. 



A bird of similar appearance to, but less com- 

 mon than, the other two species of Myiozetetes 

 and readily distinguishable by the absence of 

 the stripe over the eye. It is found in forest 

 clearings on the Caribbean side of the Zone. 

 " Gatun. Found in the thickets." (Jewel.) 



27. Pitangus lictor panamensis Todd 

 Lictor Flycatcher 



Pitangus lictor RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and M. Amer., IV, 

 P- 675, 1907; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 

 266. 



Sexes alike. Length 165 mm. (6.50 in.); 

 tail 70 mm. (2.75 in.). Top of head black with 

 a concealed patch of yellow; a very white stripe 

 over the eye, the two of opposite sides con- 

 verging on nape; sides of head sooty black, 

 excepting cheeks, and forming a dark patch 

 below the white stripe ; remainder of upper parts 

 olive with some rusty on upper tail coverts; 

 conspicuous reddish brown edgings on wings and 

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