NORTHERN GREEN HONEYCREEPER 



Female. Olive green above; under parts 

 paler and brighter green, the throat and middle 

 of the abdomen whitish; the chest indistinctly 

 streaked. Feet and legs reddish. 



These little birds frequent shrubbery and 

 second growth. The males, of beautiful sapphire 

 and turquoise blue plumage, are captured in 

 great numbers for sale in the markets, and none 

 of the native birds of Panama furnish stronger 

 evidence of the abuses and inexcusable cruelty of 

 the cage bird traffic, and the need of its regula- 

 tion and restriction. I have seen large cages 

 full of them in a deplorable condition, many dead 

 on the bottom and others thrown on the floor of 

 the stalls. 



4. Chlorophanes spiza arguta 



Bangs and Barb our 

 Northern Green Honeycreeper 



Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis RIDGWAY, Birds of 

 N. and M. Amer., II, p. 383, 1902; STONE, Proc. Phila. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 277. 



Length 130 mm. (5.10 in.); tail 48 mm. 

 (1.90 in.). 



Male. Top of head, cheeks and chin black; 

 remainder of plumage bright glossy green. 



Female. Glossy yellowish green, paler below. 



A bird of the forest where it may be seen in 

 the taller trees, but found in more open situations 

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