FAMILY TJI RAUP1DAE 



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TACHYPHONUS LUCTUOSUS PANAMENSIS Todd 



Tachyphonus luctuosus panamensis Todd, 1917, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 30, 

 p. 128. (Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama.) 



Characters. — Male has white wing coverts longer and more exten- 

 sive; white more extensive at bend of wing so that little or no black is 

 visible. Female has gray crown and nape; crown sometimes tinged 

 green. 



A male and female collected at the Candelaria Hydrographic Station, 

 Province of Panama, on March 5, 1961, both had the iris dark brown; 

 base of mandible neutral gray; rest of bill black; tarsus and toes dark 

 neutral gray; claws black. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Panama), wing 63.4-67.5 (65.1), 

 tail 50.5-55.2 (53.0), culmen from base 13.4-15.9 (14.6), tarsus 16.1- 

 17.2 (16.8) mm. 



Females (10 from Panama), wing 57.7-61.3 (59.8), tail 47.1-52.3 

 (49.9), culmen from base 13.8-14.8 (14.3), tarsus 16.2-17.9 (17.1) 

 mm. 



Resident. Common in lowlands of the Caribbean slope from Code 

 and on the Pacific slope from the Canal Zone eastward to the Colombian 

 border. At Cerro Azul, eastern Province of Panama, it has been found 

 as high as 600 m. In Darien, it has been recorded at Cana (600 m) 

 (Ridgely, in litt.). It is also found in Colombia, western Ecuador, and 

 western Venezuela. Ridgely believes he and F. G. Stiles saw a pair of 

 this form above Santa Fe, Veraguas, on January 5, 1974; they noted 

 much white on the wing and no yellow on the crown. 



E. A. Goldman noted that 1 he collected at Gatun, Canal Zone, on 

 May 15, 1911, was "in breeding condition." Common as this race is, 

 I have no other information on its nesting behavior. 



TACHYPHONUS DELATRII Lafresnaye: Tawny-crested Tanager, 

 Frutero Crestileonado 



Tachyphonus Delatrii Lafresnaye, 1847, Rev. Zool. [Paris], 10, p. 72. (Buena- 

 ventura, Colombia.) 



Small; male entirely black with dark orange central crown-patch; fe- 

 male entirely dark brown. 



Description. — Length 136-150 mm. Adult male, entirely black with 

 dark orange central crown-patch. 



Female, upper surface dark brown; remiges and rectrices blackish 

 brown, undersurface olive-brown. 



Immature male like female. 



