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tions of body; gray-green elsewhere, fig. 

 337. Female, sometimes like male, but 

 usually duller with little or no black. 

 Bahamas; accidental in Fla. Frequents 

 settlements, nesting about houses, but also 

 occurs in unsettled sections. Song, begins 

 with two or three liquid notes, given in a 



Bahama Bananaquit. 1-3. 



clear, bell-like tone, followed by a series of 

 lisping notes. ^ 



487. MELODIOUS GRASSQUIT. 



Differs from last in being more greenish 

 above, darker below, line back of eye and 

 tuft of elongated feathers on side of neck, 



