FAMILY MOMOTIDAE 439 



black streak across side of head below and behind eye; lores to 

 supranasal feathers white to buffy white, continued as a rictal streak 

 below the black auricular area; center of throat dull buff, in some 

 mixed with dusky, with a broad line of white to buffy white on 

 either side ; sides and front of neck olive greenish, browner on the 

 upper breast and sides; lower breast and flanks greener; center of 

 abdomen white ; under tail coverts buff ; under wing coverts cinna- 

 mon-buff, mixed on edge of wing with dull olive-green. 



Figure 51. — Tody motmot, bobito, Hylomanes momotula obscurus. 



Measurements. — Males (12 from Darien), wing 68.9-73.6 (72.0), 

 tail 53.8-61.6 (58.7, average of 11), culmen from base 25.7-31.1 

 (29.5), tarsus 17.9-19.8 (18.7) mm. 



Females (12 from eastern Panama), wing 69.2-74.9 (71.5), tail 

 57.8-63.0 (59.1), culmen from base 24.8-32.7 (28.9), tarsus 17.9-20.2 

 (18.9) mm. 



Resident. Found locally in forested hill country from eastern 

 Colon (Cerro Bruja), and eastern Province of Panama (Cerro 

 Azul), to the Colombian boundary. 



Little is known of this interesting species in Panama, aside from 

 the few specimens that have been collected. The tody motmot is 

 found alone or in pairs, resting quietly in open undergrowth in 

 humid forest, where their rather dull coloration renders them in- 



