442 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 2 



flanks, abdomen, and under tail coverts green to bluish green ; under 

 wing coverts dull dark gray washed with buff ; edges of wing bluish 

 green. 



Numerous specimens (most of them females) are bluish green 

 on the abdomen. 



Iris wood brown to dark wood brown; bill black, some with the 

 extreme tip dull brownish white; inside of mouth black, with the 

 tongue fuscous; tarsus and toes deep neutral gray to fuscous-black, 

 claws black. 



"mm 



m'W, 



Figure 52. — Head of broad-billed motmot, pajaro-raqueta piquiancha, Electron 

 platyrhynchum minor. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Panama), wing 107.8-117.3 

 (113.1), tail 167.0-187.0 (175.4), culmen from base 37.5-41.8 

 (40.3), tarsus 17.3-19.8 (18.5) mm. 



Females (10 from Panama and Costa Rica), wing 109.0-116.7 

 (112.4), tail 160.0-183.0 (171.2), culmen from base 38.0-41.7 (39.3), 

 tarsus 18.0-19.5 (18.8) mm. 



Resident. Fairly common in forested areas, mainly in the lowlands 

 and in lower hill country ; less numerous in the lower upper Tropical 

 Zone. Recorded from 900 to 1,450 meters on the Caribbean slope 

 of Volcan de Chiriqui, at 850 meters on Cerro Campana, Panama, 



