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SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



G. HONEY CREEPERS. Coerebidae. 



Small birds with nine primaries, moderately long wings 

 Fig. 308. and tails, curved, sharp- 



ly pointed bills, fig. 308; 

 deeply cleft tongue, and 

 small st o m a ch . Fre- 

 quent woodlands. Food, 

 chiefly, or wholly, fruit 

 and the sweet juices of 

 flowers. Tropics of 

 America. 



a. Bananaquits. 



CC, G, a, 1. 1-2. Coereba. 



Tarsi, long; colors, black above or throughout, often 

 with yellow and white markings. 



1. BAHAMA BANANAQUIT, C. BAHAMENSIS. 4.50; 

 dull black above; line over eye, spot on wing, and beneath, 

 white ; rump and patch on breast, yellow. Bahamas, com- 

 mon ; casual or rare in southern Fla. Flight, strong and di- 

 rect. Song, a series of low, crackling notes. Nests, in trees, 

 domed, but irregular in form. 

 H. AMERICAN WARBLERS. Mniotiltidae. 



Differ from G in having bills less strongly curved, slen- 

 der or flat; stomachs, large. Confined to the continent of 

 America and adjacent islands. Food, chiefly insects. Eggs, 

 white to greenish, or bluish, spotted with brown of varying 

 shades. 



(Note. The view which I have taken regarding the gen- 

 eric divisions of this family is the result of Tny anatomical 

 and other investigations of the group. The generic charac- 

 ters, here given in brief, will be further elaborated in a work 

 which I now have in hand upon the subject.) 



