. The birds of the Republic of Panama. Birds. 46 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 4 Juvenile, crown and side of head dull blackish brown; throat, fore- neck, upper breast, hindneck, scapulars, and back dull grayish brown. An adult male taken at Las Palmitas, Los Santos, January 24, 1962, had the eye yellow; bill, tarsus, and toes black. In a fully grown im- mature male shot on the same day, the iris was duller yellow, and the external edge of the gape honey yellow. Other markings were as in the adult. Measurements.—Males (10 from Chiriqui to Darien), wing (), tail
. The birds of the Republic of Panama. Birds. 46 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 4 Juvenile, crown and side of head dull blackish brown; throat, fore- neck, upper breast, hindneck, scapulars, and back dull grayish brown. An adult male taken at Las Palmitas, Los Santos, January 24, 1962, had the eye yellow; bill, tarsus, and toes black. In a fully grown im- mature male shot on the same day, the iris was duller yellow, and the external edge of the gape honey yellow. Other markings were as in the adult. Measurements.—Males (10 from Chiriqui to Darien), wing (), tail (), oilmen from base (), tarsus () mm. Females (10 from Chiriqui to Darien), wing (), tail (), culmen from base (), tarsus () Figure 4.—Black-chested Jay, Chocho, Cyanocorax affinis zeledoni. Resident. Common in forested areas (including second growth) throughout the Republic, from near the Costa Rican boundary in Chiri- qui (Divala, Santa Clara) and Bocas del Toro (Rio Sixaola, Changui- nola) including the Azuero Peninsula (Pedasi, Tonosi, Las Palmitas) on both slopes to the Colombian boundary, to 1300 m elevation (near El Volcan and 1600 m (above Boquete at Horqueta, Velo); 600 m on Cerro Pirre (Cana) in Darien. As these jays range in forest and brushy cover, when these are cleared in cultivation, the birds disappear. However, if the clearings. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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