FAMILY TROGLODYTIDAE 



The eggs are white with a very few light brown specks. They measure 

 20.0X14.5, 20.1x14.1 mm." 



The race pittieri was named by Cherrie in honor of Professor Henri 

 Pittier, resident at that time in San Jose, Costa Rica, and active in 

 natural history studies in that country. 



A male taken by Strauch (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 1977, p. 64) at 

 Cerro Campana weighed 16.1 g. 



Morton (in Temple, Endangered Birds, 1978, pp. 379-384) describes 

 a reintroduction of this species to Barro Colorado Island, from which 

 it had disappeared before 1960. 



HENICORHINA LEUCOSTICTA DARIENENSIS Hellmayr 



Henicorhina leucosticta darienensis Hellmayr, Anz. Ornith. Ges. Bayern, Bd. I, 

 no. 4, March 1921, p. 25. ("Tacarcuna ostliches Panama" = former Tacarcuna 

 Milage site, west base of Cerro Mali, 600 m elevation, Cerro Tacarcuna, 

 Darien.) 



Characters. — Crown and upper hindneck plain deep black; brown 

 of back, wings, flanks, and undertail coverts somewhat lighter and 

 brighter. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from San Bias, eastern Province of 

 Panama, and Darien), wing 53.4-55.5 (54.4), tail 22.5-25.5 (24.3), 

 culmen from base 16.8-18.6 (17.6), tarsus 21.3-24.7 (22.4) mm. 



Females (10 from eastern Province of Panama, San Bias, and 

 Darien), wing 50.0-53.4 (51.6), tail 21.2-24.0 (23.0), culmen from 

 base 15.6-16.5 (15.9), tarsus 19.3-22.3 (21.1) mm. 



Resident. Common in forested areas from western Comarca de 

 San Bias (Mandinga) and Chimin (hill country on Rio Chiman) , east- 

 ern Province of Panama, east to the Colombian boundary, on both 

 Caribbean and Pacific slopes; in Darien from near sea level to 1000 m 

 on Cerro Pirre, 1450 m on Cerro Tacarcuna, and 930 (the summit) of 

 Cerro Quia. This race also occurs in adjacent northwestern Colombia, 

 on both slopes, to the Sinu Valley and the Baudo Mountains. 



While widely distributed in forest areas, in general this subspecies is 

 less abundant than the race pittieri of western Panama. A male from 

 the Rio Chiman at the mouth of Rio Corotu is typical of this race in 

 black color of the crown. Found as usual in pairs, they were especially 

 common on the upper Rio Jaque in Darien, and elsewhere in the in- 

 terior. None were recorded near the coast at Jaque. Like the other 

 subspecies these are birds of the forest, living in the shelter of dark 

 shadows. 



