FAMILY MNIOTILTIDAE, 



The spleen is a cylindrical shaped body lying on the proventriculus, or 

 sometimes partly on the proventricnlus and partly on the stomach. Blue Yel- 

 low-back Warbler, ( see ¥ig. 6 below C, ) and it is almost always straight, buf 

 sometimes bent. 



The food of the Warblers, as may be expected from the account of the ali- 

 mentary canal given in the foregoing, consists largely of insects, but I have 

 taken lizards from the stomachs of the Greater Bahama Yellow-throat, which 

 «ere longer than the bird. This sjjecies also feeds on insects and bcnies. 



Many species of Warblers are migratory, but some of those which occur in 

 the tropics are constantly resident in the scction.s in which they occur. The 

 migrating species are generally the most widely distributed during the breed- 

 ing season, while the resident s.pecies are sometimes restricted to single is- 

 lands. 



Fig. 10. 



Fig. 11, 



Organs of Baha- 

 ma Honey Ci-eep- 

 er ; A, tongue ; B, 

 section of same ; 

 C, tai'sus. All en- 

 larged. 



Org-ans of Yellow-breasted Chat : A, foot ; B, eo- 

 eea: C, stomach: D, tongue. Ail enlarged. 



(OMPARLSOXSWITH ALLIED FAMILIES. 

 What has been considered as one of the most closely allied families to the- 

 .\merican W'aiblers is that containing the Honey Creepers. These have nine 

 primaries a al a somewhat similar form to those of the American Warblers, but 

 the bill of ti^e Honey Creepers is more strongly curved and is sharper. See P"ig. 

 13. The )iigue of the Honey Creepers, in typical species, like the Bahanr.a 

 Money Cre. er, is not unlike that of the Cape May Warbler, being cleft at thr 

 tip and pi uled with bristles,, while the sides arc rolled over. See Fig. 10, but 



