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BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 4 



northern South America to the Guianas and Trinidad; it has also been 

 introduced in Jamaica. Other races are found in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, 

 and northern Argentina. 



SICALIS LUTEOLA EISENMANNI Wetmore: Grassland Yellow- 

 finch, Pinzon Amarillo 



Sicalis lute ola eisenmanni Wetmore, 1953, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 122 (8), p. 9. 

 (2 miles east of Anton, Code, Panama.) 



Small; upper surface streaked brown, tinged yellow on crown and 

 rump; undersurface yellow; female duller. 



Description. — Length 98-108 mm. Adult male, crown and upper 

 back streaked dark brown and light buff; on crown mixed with greenish 

 yellow; lower back, rump, and upper tail coverts greenish yellow; 

 feathers of wings and tail dark brown, edged light buff; outer primaries 

 finely edged yellow; sides of face brownish yellow; band across breast 

 rich yellow; rest of undersurface bright yellow, tinged brown on sides 

 and flanks; bend of wing and underwing coverts yellow. 



Adult female, like male, but duller, with yellow almost entirely ab- 

 sent from upper surface; throat light yellow and cinnamon-buff, fading 

 to light buffy brown on breast, sides, and flanks; center of belly, bend 

 of wing, and underwing coverts light yellow. 



A male collected at El Coco, Code, on March 10, 1962, had the iris 

 dull reddish brown; maxilla fuscous-black; sides and tip of mandible 

 brownish neutral gray; lower surface of mandible dull brownish white; 

 tarsus and toes fuscous; claws fuscous-black. A female taken there that 

 day was similar. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Code, including the type), wing 

 60.4-64.7 (62.5), tail 38.5-45.0 (41.2), culmen from base 8.9-10.0 

 (9.4), tarsus 14.2-15.8 (15.0) mm. 



Females (2 from Code), wing 60.1-61.0 (60.6), tail 37.3-40.0 

 (38.7), culmen from base 9.3-9.7 (9.5), tarsus 15.4-15.6 (15.5) mm. 



Resident. Locally fairly common in the lowlands of the Pacific 

 Coast of Code; there are 2 sight reports from La Jagua, eastern Prov- 

 ince of Panama, one by N. G. Smith of 7 birds on February 4, 1967, 

 the other of 2 birds seen by S. West et al. on June 14, 1975 (Ridgely, i 

 litt.). Other races range from southern Mexico to southern Chile an 

 central Argentina. 



I have seen the Grassland Yellow-finch in savannas near Anton, E 

 Coco, and Penonome. At this last locality, I found a large colony con- 

 taining at least 75 birds on June 20, 1953. The birds were in open llano 

 with scattered bushes and low trees, sandy soil, and an open growth of 



