Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 63,June 1919, p. 22 (near Boruca, Costa Rica). Similar to isthmicus but darker below, with the streaking heavierand more definitely green. 32 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 121 Western Chiriqui (David, El Volcan) to the Terraba valley, south-western Costa Rica. SPOROPHILA NIGRICOLLIS NIGRICOLLIS (Vieillot): Yellow-bellied Seedeater Pyrrhula nigricollis Vieillot, Tabl. Encycl. Meth., Orn., livr. 93, July 1823,p. 1027 (Brazil). Eugene Eisenmann recorded this species near Restinga on June 24,1948, and reports it as c


Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 63,June 1919, p. 22 (near Boruca, Costa Rica). Similar to isthmicus but darker below, with the streaking heavierand more definitely green. 32 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 121 Western Chiriqui (David, El Volcan) to the Terraba valley, south-western Costa Rica. SPOROPHILA NIGRICOLLIS NIGRICOLLIS (Vieillot): Yellow-bellied Seedeater Pyrrhula nigricollis Vieillot, Tabl. Encycl. Meth., Orn., livr. 93, July 1823,p. 1027 (Brazil). Eugene Eisenmann recorded this species near Restinga on June 24,1948, and reports it as common on July 5, 1951. We did not find itin February and March 1952. Distribution of the species in Panamais not clearly understood at present and seems in part to be seasonal,as the birds are reported to appear during the rains in localities wherethey are absent during the dry season. The birds are easily recognizedfrom other seedeaters in any plumage by the light-gray bill. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIOMS VOL. 121, NO. 2, PL. 1. 1. The: Village and Bay on Taboga Island, with the Islet El Morro AT THE Right March 17, 1952


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