YELLOW-BELLIED SEEDEATER 



under parts cinnamon rufous; wing with an 

 incomplete white band across quills. 



Female. Above light olive drab, lighter on 

 rump ; under parts paler and more buffy . 



Found in open country and along the sides of 

 the road. I saw this tiny seedeater several times 

 on the sides of the Gamboa road in the late 

 spring. Hallinan notes it in Balboa, "in tall 

 grass in a clearing." 



5. Sporophila gutturalis (Lichtenstein) 

 Yellow-bellied Seedeater 



Length, 103 mm. (4.00 in.); tail, 43 mm. 

 (1.70 in.). 



Male. Head, neck and upper chest black; rest 

 of under parts abruptly pale yellow or yellowish 

 white; rest of upper parts olive. 



Female. Olive above; brownish buff below, 

 paler on chin and abdomen. 



I once noted a male along the Gamboa road 

 and I am under the impression that I saw others 

 at various times, but it is present chiefly in the 

 rainy season. 



6. Sporophila aurita (Bonaparte) 

 Hicks' Seedeater 



Male. Length, 100 mm. (3.95 in.); tail, 



44 mm. (i .70 in.). In white-throated phase : All 



black above except for white spot on wings and 



white rump; white below the chin, and a broad 



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