FAMILY THRAUPIDAE 



459 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Costa Rica and Nicaragua), wing 



85.0- 91.5 (88.6), tail 60.2-71.3 (67.1), culmen from base 18.9-20.3 

 (19.6), tarsus 20.1-23.4 (21.9) mm. 



Females (10 from Costa Rica and Nicaragua), wing 84.0-90.5 

 (86.4), tail 62.4-70.0 (65.2), culmen from base 19.4-21.4 (20.2), tar- 

 sus 21.4-23.7 (22.4) mm. 



Resident. In Panama found only in the Almirante Bay area of 

 Bocas del Toro. Carriker (Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, no. 4, 1910, p. 

 841 ) records it between 300 and 750 m in the foothills near the Sixaola 

 River. On the Boquete Trail, it has been collected between 390 and 540 

 m (Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 71, 1931, p. 342). Ridgely (in 

 lift.) found this species in small numbers at the IRHE projected dam 

 site on the lower Rio Changuinola. Peters noted that "the specimens of 

 the Almirante Bay region show an approach to C. c. magnirostris Gris- 

 com in having a slightly heavier bill, with the upper mandible a trifle 

 swollen basally; otherwise they do not differ from a large series of 

 carmioli to which I believe they should be referred." Wharton Huber 

 (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 84, 1932, p. 246) found the 

 nest and eggs of this race in Nicaragua. The nest was "compactly 

 built of small sticks, leaves and green moss, lined with very fine light 

 brown plant stems, and on top of this lining a thin layer of black hair- 

 like fibers. The two eggs are creamy white spotted and speckled with 

 several shades of brown and lavender. A broad wreath of lavender and 

 brown around the larger end. They measure 26.3x16.9, 24.1x16.7 

 mm." 



CHLOROTHRATJPIS CARMIOLI MAGNIROSTRIS Griscom 



Chlorothraupis carmioli magnirostris Griscom, 1927, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 280, 

 p. 18. (Santa Fe (2000 ft.), Veraguas, western Panama.) 



Characters. — Very similar to nominate carmioli, but bill both longer 

 and heavier; chin and throat slightly lighter, more yellowish, less green. 



A female collected at the head of the Rio Guabal, Code on February 

 27, 1962, had the iris light mouse brown; maxilla and anterior half of 

 mandible dull black; base of mandible dusky neutral gray. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Veraguas), wing 87.5-96.0 (90.5), 

 tail 60.6-75.6 (66.1), culmen from base 19.6-22.8 (21.1), tarsus 21.6- 

 23.0 (22.4) mm. 



Females (5 from Veraguas and Code), wing 84.8-92.5 (87.9), tail 



63.1- 67.9 (66.3), culmen from base 20.3-21.9 (21.2), tarsus 21.6-23.3 

 (22.3) mm. 



