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Bugaba, Veragua).— Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 184.^— Salvin and 

 GoDMAN, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Aves, i, 1881, 207, part (Costa Eica; Veragua; 

 Chiriqui). — Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mua., viii, 1883, 310, part (Mexico; 

 Guatemala). — Zeledon, Anal. Mua. Nac. Costa Eica, i, 1887, 108 (Eio Sucio, 

 Costa Eica).— EiDG WAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 585 (Segovia E., s. 

 Honduras). — Cherrie, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 1891, 529, part (Costa 

 Eica; Veragua; Segovia E.; crit. ); Anal. Inst. Fis.-Geog. Nac. Costa Eica, 

 vi, 1893, 13 (EioNaranjo, Costa Eica). — Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, 

 iii, 1902, 59 (Volcan de Chiriqui, 4,000 ft.; crit.). 



[HylopMlus] ochraceiceps Sclatbr and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 12, part. 



Hlylophilus] ochraceiceps Eidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 479, part. 



PACHYSYLVIA AURANTIIFRONS AURANTIIFRONS (Lawrence). 

 lAWRENOE'Sn PACHYSYLVIA. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Pileum and hindneck olivaceous wood brown 

 or Isabella color, becoming paler and more yellowish on forehead ; rest 

 of upper parts plain yellowish olive-green; lores and eyelids dull 

 whitish; auricular region and sides of neck pale buffy wood brown 

 (the latter more bujffy) ; suborbital and malar regions dull buffy whitish 

 or pale dull buffy; chin and throat dull buffy whitish; rest of under 

 parts pale yellow (straw or dull sulphur), the chest faintly tinged with 

 pale brownish buffy, the sides and flanks with pale olive-greenish; 

 maxilla horn brownish, darker on culmen (sometimes at base also); 

 mandible much paler brown or brownish white (said to be pinkish in 

 life);* iris chocolate;* Jegs and feet pale horn color in dried skins 

 (said to be lead-colored in life). * 



Adadt mafe.— Length (skins), 103-107 (105.4); wing, 62.5-58 (55.9); 

 tail, 40-46 (43.5); exposed culmen, 12-12.5 (12.1); tarsus, 15.6-16 

 (15.7); middle toe, 8.5-10 (9.1). <^ 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 105; wing, 52; tail, 42; exposed cul- 

 men, 11.5; tarsus, 16; middle toe, 9.'* 



Coast district of Colombia, from Santa Marta to Panama." 



Hylophiliis auraniiifrons Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vii, 1862, 324 

 (Panama R. E. ; coll. G. N. Lawrence). — Baird, Eeview Am. Birds, 1866, 

 377 (Panama E. R. ) . — Sclatbr, Ibis, 1881, 303, part (Isthsmus of Panama) . — 

 , SALviNandGoDMAN, Biol. Centr. -Am., Aves, 1,1881,207, part (PanamaE. E.; 



excl. syn. H. hypoxanthus Pelzeln). — Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., viii, 1883, 

 310, part (excls. syns. insularis Sclater, hypoxanthus Pelzeln, and acuticaiidus 

 Lawrence). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, 1898, 142 (Santa Marta, 



a "Orange-fronted " Pachysylvia would obviously be a good vernacular name for 

 this species if the specific scientific name had been wisely chosen; but the color of the 

 forehead does not even remotely approach an orange hue, and therefore the name 

 mentioned would be exceedingly inappropriate. 



6 Fred Hicks, on label. 



<^ Five specimens — two from Panama, three from Santa Marta. 



<^ One specimen, from SantaMarta. 



« The Venezuelan and Trinidad birds represent different and strongly marked 

 subspecies. (See pages 215.) 



