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c. Forehead dusky or dark metallic greenish, like crown; lateral rectrices straight, 

 broader. (Bahamas, except island of Inagua.) 



Nesophlox evelynae, adult male (p. C41). 

 cc. Forehead metallic reddish purple, like throat; lateral rectrices doubly curved, 

 narrower. (Island of Inagua, Bahamas.) 



Nesophlox lyrura, adult male (p. 644). 

 bb. Bill straight; under parts of l)ody more greenish; purple of throat not passing 

 into violet posteriorly. (Costa Rica and western Panama.) 



Nesophlox bryantse, adult male (p. 645). 

 aa. Throat pale gray, pale rufous-buff, or whitish; tail double-rounded, the longer 

 rectrices tipped with light cinnamon-rufous. (Adult females.) 

 b. No distinct aiiricular patch of dusky; no white lumbar tuft; throat pale grayish; 

 axillars and under wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous; tail more than 26. 

 c. Slightly larger; wing, 41.5-45.5 (4.3.3); tail, 26.5-30.5 (28.5), middle rectrices, 

 23-28.5 (25.5); exposed culmen, 15.5-18 (16. 6). a 



Nesophlox evelynae, adult female (p. 642). 

 cc. Slightly smaller; wing, 40.5-43 (41.9); tail, 27.5-29.5 (28.5), middle rectrices, 

 23.5-26 (25); exposed culmen, 16-17 (16. 6). a 



Nesophlox lyrura, adult female (p. 644). 

 bb. A distinct auricular patch of dusky and a conspicuous lumbar tuft of white; 

 axillars and imder wing-coverts olive-bronzy; tail less than 25. 



Nesophlox bryantse, adult female (p. 645). 



NESOPHLOX EVELYNiE (Bourcier). 



BAHAMA WOOD-STAR. 



Adult male. — Above rather dull metallic, green or bronze-green, 

 including middle pair of rectrices; remiges dark brownish slate or 

 dusky, very faintly glossed with purplish ; tail (except middle pair of 

 rectrices) puii^lish black, the second and third rectrices with inner 

 web cinnamon-rufous (except for a narrow space along shaft toward 

 tip), the third (from outside) with basal portion of outer web (ex- 

 tensively) also cinnamon-rufous, the fourth with outer web (sometimes 

 basal portion of inner web also) mostly cinnamon-rufous;^ a small 

 postocular spot (sometimes a rictal spot also) of dull white; chin and 

 throat brilliant metallic solferino purple passing into violet or violet- 

 blue posteriorly and laterally, the chin and anterior portion of throat 

 decidedly reddish purple or purplish red; chest white, passing into 

 light bufTy grayish posteriorly; rest of under parts cinnamon-rufous, 

 paler medially, the sides and flanks glossed with metallic bronze or 

 bronze-green; under tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous medially, i)assing 

 into cinnamon-buff or white laterally; femoral tufts white; bill dull 

 black; iris dark brown; feet grayish brown (in dried skins); length 



a I am not able to discover any positive characters distinguishing females of these 

 two species. 



b Sometimes the fourth rectrix passes into metallic bronze-green terminally, at 

 least on edge. 



81255°— Bull. 5CV— 11 41 



