FAMILY THRAUPIDAE 



493 



74.0 (70.2), tail 58.2-62.6 (60.3), oilmen from base 13.6-14.8 (14.3), 

 tarsus 20.3-22.6 (21.6) mm. 



Females (7 from Boquete, Chiriqui), wing 65.5-70.5 (67.2), tail 

 57.6-61.7 (59.9), oilmen from base 14.0-15.2 (14.3), tarsus 21.3-23.0 

 (22.1) mm. 



Resident. Common within its restricted range. It is known cer- 

 tainly only from Boquete and extending from that area to the Caribbean 

 slope of Bocas del Toro and the eastern slope of Volcan de Chiriqui, the 

 restricted type locality (Olson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 94, 1981, 

 pp. 363-373). All the specimens collected by Monniche (Blake, Fieldi- 

 ana: Zool., vol. 36, no. 5, 1958, p. 568) in locations east of the peak of 

 Volcan de Chiriqui are referable to this race. His specimens came from 

 elevations of 1560 to 1800 m. Individuals with enlarged gonads were 

 collected between March 3 and July 14; 1 with slightly enlarged gonads 

 was taken October 16. Ridgely (in litt.) has seen small numbers 

 at as low as 1000 m, at Volcan, and at 950 m, at Boquete. 



CHLOROSPINGUS OPHTHALMICUS PUNCTULATUS 



Sclater and Salvin 



Chlorospingns punctulatits P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1869, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 

 don, p. 440. (Cordillera del Chucu, Veraguas, Panama.) 



Characters. — Crown and sides of head very dark blackish brown; 

 upper surface more orange-green, less yellowish; throat orange, flecked 

 with black; orange on breast deeper and more extensive than in 

 novicius. 



Measurements. — Males ( 10 from Veraguas) , wing 68.0-73.0 (69.4), 

 tail 53.5-57.5 (55.9), oilmen from base 13.2-15.2 (14.1), tarsus 19.0- 

 22.6 (20.9) mm. 



Females (10 from Veraguas), wing 63.5-68.0 (65.1), tail 52.2-56.2 

 (53.7), oilmen from base 12.9-14.6 (13.8), tarsus 19.3-23.2 (21.0) 

 mm. 



Resident. Very common within its limited range in forests in the 

 foothills and highlands of both slopes of Veraguas and Code. Arce 

 collected a series in the Cordillera del Chucu, Veraguas, in the 1860's. 

 In 1925 and 1926, R. R. Benson collected several in Veraguas at Santa 

 Fe and Chitra between 1050 and 1410 m. There is also a specimen in 

 the Smithsonian taken by Heyde and Lux at Cascajal, Code, on Feb- 

 ruary 7, 1880. Above Santa Fe, on Cerro Tute, Ridgely (1976, p. 326) 

 found it one of the most common birds above 840 m during January 

 1974; at this elevation and above, it was the altitudinal replacement for 

 Chlorospingus flavigularis, which was present from 750 to 900 m. 



