PANAMA NIGHTINGALE WREN 



phrases. Recorded by Jewel from Gatun. "In 

 a thicket in the jungle." (Hallinan.) 



10. Microcerculus philomela luscinia Salvin 

 Panama Nightingale Wren 



Microcerculus luscinia RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and M. 

 Amer., Ill, p. 669, 1904; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1918, p. 272. 



Sexes similar. Length 108 mm. (4.20 in.); 

 tail, male, 25 mm. (i.oo in.). Deep vandyke 

 brown above; throat grayish white; sides of 

 head and under parts brownish gray deepening 

 into deep vandyke brown on under tail coverts. 



Young Female. Similar to adults. 



A rare species. "Isthmus of Panama from 

 Panama Railroad to Chiriqui" (Ridgway). 



ii. Leucolepis phaeocephalus lawrencei 



(Sclater) 

 Lawrence's Musician Wren 



Leucolepis lawrencii, RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and M. 

 Amer., Ill, p. 673, 1904; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1918, p. 272. 



Length about 136 mm. (5.35 in.); tail 31 mm. 

 (i.2oin.). 



Male. Mostly sepia brown above and below, 



the wings and tail finely barred with black, the 



chin, throat, chest and sides of neck, bright 



chestnut rufous. Bare bluish green skin around 



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