FAMILY CCEREBID^E 



head including sides and chin black except for a 

 middle stripe of gray and a narrow stripe of 



FIG. 99. Arremon a. aurantiirostris 

 (Nat. Size) 



gray (changing to white in the middle), over eye; 

 upper parts olive green and dusky; edge of wing 

 bright yellow; throat, breast and abdomen white, 

 a broad, conspicuous black band across chest. 



Female. Length 145 mm. (5.70 in.); tail 

 62 mm. (2.45 in.). Like male in coloration. 



Young. Uniform sooty olive, paler on throat 

 and abdomen. 



Much less common and familiar than the last 

 species. I saw this sparrow (which is easily 

 identified by the conspicuous coloration of head 

 and bill) on the edge of the jungle along the 

 Gamboa road and also about a mile from France 

 Field. 



61. Family CCEREBID^E 

 The Honeycreepers 



The Honeycreepers are found only in the 

 forested regions of tropical America including 



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