430 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 4 



elevation is not stated. I collected a female in Code at Tigre (475 m) 

 at the head Of the Rio Guabal. It has also been taken in eastern Prov- 

 ince of Panama in the Cerro Azul/Jefe area, and in the foothills of 

 eastern Darien. Ridgely {op. cit.) notes that "in central Panama [it 

 is] most easily seen on Cerro Santa Rita and in the Cerro Jefe area." 



Two races are recognized in Panama, dalmasi of western and cen- 

 tral Panama, and nominate lavinia of eastern Panama, western Co- 

 lombia, and northwestern Ecuador. A third race, cara, is found from 

 eastern Guatemala to Costa Rica. 



I know of little that has been recorded on this bird's habits. Ridgely 

 {op. cit.) says 'Very similar to Bay-headed Tanager and often occurs 

 with it, but seems always to be outnumbered by it." 



TANGARA LAVINIA DALMASI (Hellmayr) 



Calosplza lavinia dalmasi Hellmayr, 1910, Rev. Frang. Ornith., 1, p. 162. (Veragua, 

 western Panama.) 



Characters. — Only a small spot of blue on chin, not extending to 

 breast as in nominate lavinia. 



A female taken March 1, 1962, at the head of the Rio Guabal in Code 

 had the iris mouse brown; maxilla and extreme tip of mandible fuscous- 

 brown, shading over a short space into neutral gray; base of mandible 

 dull buffy white; tarsus and toes dull neutral gray; pads dull honey 

 yellow. 



Measurements. — Males (9 from Panama and Costa Rica), wing 

 70.5-75.5 (72.4), tail 41.0-46.0 (43.5), culmen from base 11.0-13.4 



(12.4) , tarsus 14.3-17.0 (15.8) mm. 



Females (2 from Veraguas), wing 65.0-67.3. (66.2), tail 37.7-39.2 



(38.5) , culmen from base 12.6, tarsus 15.5-16.2 (15.9) mm. 

 Resident. Uncommon and local in foothills of Chiriqui and both 



slopes of Veraguas, where Benson and Gaflney collected a female on 

 the Rio Calovevora on September 10, 1926. Arce also collected several 

 in Veraguas. The only one I have ever seen is a female I found rest- 

 ing quietly in a tree crown at Tigre (475 m), at the head of the Rio 

 Guabal in Code. In the Canal Zone, R. R. Benson took 1 on August 8, 

 1931, in what is now the Madden Forest. In December 1965 and Jan- 

 uary 1966, Fugene S. Morton collected 3 males in eastern Province of 

 Panama at Cerro Azul between 750 and 900 m that are very clearly of 

 this race; this is farther east than dalmasi was previously known to oc- 

 cur. The specimens are now in the American Museum of Natural 

 History. 



