While working on the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Canal Zone, Mr. E. A. Goldman of the Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, collected specimens of two undescribed subspecies of birds which are characterized below. (Document contains 3 pages

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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
VOLUME 56, NU MBER 22
TWO NEW SUBSPECIES OF BIRDS
FROM PANAMA
BY
E. W . NELSON
( P UBLIC AT IO N 2053)
CIT Y OF WASHINGTON
PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SEPTEMBER 7. 191 1
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BALTJlI ORt:. "ID. , U. S. A.
TWO NE\V S UBSP ECIES OF BIRDS FROM P A N Al\l A
By E. W . NELSON
While working on th e Sm it hso nian Bio logica l Survey of th e
Ca na l Zo ne ,' M r. E . A . Go ld man o f th e Biol ogi cal Survey, U nited
States De part me nt of A griculture, co llec ted spec ime ns of two
undescribed sub spec ies of birds whi ch a re characteri zed below.
HYLOMANES MOMOTULA OBSCURUS subsp. nov,
Pan am a P ig my Motmot ,
T ype No . 229477 , adult female, U. S . Nationa l M useum, Bio-
logi cal Survey Collect ion , from Ce rro Brujo , Panama ; co llec ted
by E . A. Go ld ma n, June 7, [9 [ l. (Original number 15049. )
SlIbspecific cha racters ,-Size same as in typicallllolllo!ula, but co l-
ors ge ne ra lly darker ; the ba ck and rump parrot green of R idgway ;
outs ide o f wings and top of tail olive green; breast and sides of
neck and body da rk er , more olive , espec ially a long flanks : bend
of wing olive brownish and under wing co verts darker buffy .
PACHYSYLVIA OCHRACEICEPS BREVIPENNIS subsp. nov,
Panam a Pa chysylvia .
Type No . 229476, adult male , U . S . Na tiona l Muse um , Bio-
logical Survey Co llect ion , from Lion Hill, Cana l Zo ne; co llected
by E. A. Go ld man , May I , 19[ t , (Original number 14686.)
S ubspeci fic ctiaracters .r--Ne a rest pallidipectlls, but with mu ch
sho rt er wings and tail ; forehead a nd cro wn simila rly ta wn y , but
rest of upp er parts of body from nape to upper tail coverts mu ch
mo re o live g ree nish ; mid dle of bac k, scapula rs and wing cover ts
dull o live brown , with mu ch less ru sset than in eithe r of the ot her
forms; un der pa rt s o f body from breast to un der tail coverts pa le,
di ngy, g reen ish ye llow , with sca rcely a tra ce of th e ochraceous
brow n suffus ion so marked in ochraceiceps and pallidipectus.
i lf l'aSllre lllen!s of !ype.-vVing , 53 m111. ; tailv ao 111111. ; tarsus, [7
111m. : culme n , 13 mm.
R Cllla r ks.- The great di ffer ence in length of wing and tail between
th e present form and th e o the r su bspec ies, co mb ined wi t h th e col or
d ifferences, a re alm ost sufficient to warran t gi ving this bird specific
rank. Q ne pair , sho t on May r , wer e th e only specime ns ta ken .
1 Th is paper is th e second dealing with th e result s of the S mi thsonian Bio-
logi cal S urvey of th e Canal Zon e .
SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 56 , No. 22


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