NO. 9 BIRDS OF ISLA COIBA, PANAMA—-WETMORE 53 
FEMALES 
Costa Rica (4 specimens *), 104.5-113.0 (107.5) mm. 
Panama (25 specimens), 103.7-112.6 (105.1) mm. 
Colombia (15 specimens), 95.9-106.7 (100.6) mm. 
Venezuela (5 specimens), 104.4-108.8 (106.0) mm. 
The range in Panama, from present information, is separated from 
that in western Colombia by Darién and the lower Atrato basin. 
Centurus rubricapillus subfusculus Wetmore: 
Characters——Decidedly darker above, with the white barring re- 
duced; under surface much darker ; red on crown of male darker. 
Measurements.—Male, wing 101.8-108.5 (105.0), culmen from 
base 23.1-27.3 (25.2) mm. Female, wing 99.3-101.8 (100.4), culmen 
from base 22.0-23.4 (22.9) mm. 
Range.—Isla Coiba and Isla Rancheria, off the Pacific coast of 
Veraguas, Panama. 
Centurus rubricapillus seductus (Bangs) : 
Malanerpes (sic) seductus BANncs, Auk, vol. 18, No. 1, January 1901, p. 26. 
(San Miguel, Isla El Rey, Archipiélago de las Perlas, Panama.) 
Characters.—Similar to C. r. subfusculus, but less dark above, and 
paler below, but darker both above and below than C. r. rubricapillus ; 
lower breast and sides of abdomen distinctly light buff ; bill averaging 
slightly longer and definitely heavier than in any of the other races. 
Measurements——Male (8 specimens), wing I01.0-105.0 (103.5), 
culmen from base 26.0-27.2 (26.6) mm. Female (7 specimens), wing 
I0I.0-104.0 (102.2), culmen from base 22.4-24.7 (23.7) mm. 
Range.—Isla El Rey, Pearl Islands, Panama. 
Centurus rubricapillus paraguanae Gilliard: 
Centurus subelegans paraguanae Gittiarp, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 1071, June 5, 
1940, p. 7. (Cerro Santa Ana, Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela.) 
Characters.—Decidedly lighter above than C. r. rubricapillus, es- 
pecially on the upper back and scapulars ; red of crown and hindneck 
in male often broken or completely interrupted across hindneck. 
Measurements.—Males (6 specimens), wing 106.5-111.4 (108.3), 
culmen from base 25.6-28.3 (26.8) mm. Females (3 specimens), 
wing I01.2-106.0 (103.1), culmen from base 22.4-25.1 (23.6) mm. 
Range.—Guajira Peninsula (Riohacha to Nazaret), Colombia; 
Paraguana Peninsula and adjacent northern Falcén (Casigua to 
Cumarebo), Venezuela. 
* From the description of C. r. costaricensis by Aldrich. 
