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BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 4 



coin's Sparrow was mist-netted and released at Almirante, Bocas del 

 Toro, by V. Kleen (Ridgely, 1976, p. 340) . Panama is the most south- 

 ern locality from which this species has been recorded. 



EMBERIZOIDES HERBICOLA HYPOCHONDRIACUS Hellmayr: 

 Wedge-tailed Grass-finch, Pinzon Yerberero Coliacunado 



Figure 49 



Emberisoides herbicola hypochondriacus Hellmayr, 1906, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 

 19, p. 28. (Frances, 2,000 ft., Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama.) 



Emberisoides herbicola lucaris Bangs, 1908, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 4, 

 p. 34. (Boruca, Costa Rica.) 



Emberisoides herbicola floresae Griscom, 1924, Amer. Mus. Novit, no. 141, p. 8. 

 (Cerro Flores, 3,600 ft., eastern Chiriqui, Panama.) 



Medium sized; with long, graduated tail; upper surface streaked 

 dark brown and buff; undersurface whitish, with buff on sides and 

 flanks. 



Description. — Length 164-178 mm. Adult (sexes alike), upper sur- 

 face very dark brown with feathers edged buff and light brown, creat- 

 ing streaked appearance; wings dark brown with most coverts and all 

 but innermost secondaries edged greenish yellow on outer web; tail 

 streaked like back; undersurface whitish, with buff across breast and 

 on sides and flanks; bend of wing bright yellow. 



A male taken at Cerro Campana, Province of Panama, June 21, 

 1953, had the iris plain brown; mandible and cutting edge of maxilla 

 honey yellow; tarsus hair brown, toes and nails fuscous-brown. A fe- 

 male collected the same day had the yellow of the bill very slightly 

 duller. 



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

 62.5-70.2 (66.5), tail 82.6-99.8 (88.0), oilmen from base 13.7-15.2 

 (14.5, average of 9), tarsus 20.4-23.3 (21.9) mm. 



Females (4 from Panama), wing 64.5-69.0 (66.1), tail 77.9-92.3 

 (84.7), culmen from base 13.2-14.7 (14.1), tarsus 18.8-22.7 (21.4) 

 mm. 



Resident. Rare to uncommon and very local in foothills on the 

 Pacific slope of Chiriqui and in the Province of Panama at Cerro 

 Campana and in the Tocumen/Chepo area. In Chiriqui, it has been 

 collected at Frances, in the foothills of Volcan de Chiriqui, and at Cerro 

 Flores; in elevation it ranges from 600 to 1080 m. Beyond Panama, 

 this race is found in the Terraba area of southwestern Costa Rica. 

 Four other races are recognized, ranging from Colombia to north- 

 eastern Argentina and southeastern Brazil. 



