ZELEDON'S BOAT-BILL 



Young. Similar to adults but the buffy 

 shades deeper and more yellowish. 



A rare migrant. This bird frequents open 

 swamps and meadows and is solitary in habits, 

 hiding among the reeds and low vegetation with 

 which its brown streaked coloration harmonizes. 

 It does not usually perch on trees. 



13. Cochlearius zeledoni panamensis Griscom 

 Zeledon's Boat-bill 



Cochlearius zeledoni STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 1918, p. 247. 



Length about 460 mm. (18.00 in.). 



Sexes alike. Adult. Forehead white, head 

 with elongated bluish black plumes; sides of 

 head, neck all around and under parts bluish 

 slate gray washed with rusty, a patch of black 

 across the upper back, remainder of upper parts 

 pale gray. Bill very broad and flattened, upper 

 mandible deeply grooved each side of ridge; feet 

 dull yellow. 



Young. Cinnamon rufous above, darker on 

 back, lighter on wing coverts; lower back and 

 upper tail coverts dusky gray washed with 

 rufous; tail gray; crown black; no crest; under 

 parts white washed with gray on sides of head 

 and rufous on neck. 



Common in the deeper mangrove swamps in 

 parts of the Republic, but shy and secretive; 

 nocturnal in habits. A flock of these birds fre- 



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