480 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
6'. Black loral streak narrower than the white above it; cheeks white almost 
up to the eye; white of throat extended over almost whole of chest, 
and yellow of breast not extended over fianks, which are pale grayish, 
sometimes faintly tinged with yellow; rump usually pure gamboge-yel- 
low; lower tail-coverts and anal region pure white; length about 4.25- 
4.75, wing 2.30-2.65, tail 1.65-1.95, exposed culmen .55-.65, tarsus .75-.80. 
Eggs .67 X 50. Hab. Bahamas, Florida Keys, and portions of adjacent 
coast of southern Florida, north to Charlotte Harbor. 
635. C. bahamensis (Reicu.). Bahama Honey Creeper. 
b?, Black loral streak as wide as or wider than white above it, and continued 
backward broadly beneath eye; white of throat extended over only 
upper part of chest; yellow of breast continued backward over flanks, 
and even tingeing anal region and lower tail-coverts; yellow of rump 
usually perceptibly tinged with olive, and upper parts in general aver- 
aging somewhat darker; dimensions essentially the same as in C. baha- 
mensis, Hab. Cozumel Island, coast of Yucatan. 
C. caboti (Barrp). Cozumel Honey Creeper.} 
a’, Adult with chin, throat, and malar region deep ash-gray; back, scapulars, etc., 
dull grayish olive or smoky slate, in marked contrast with black of top of 
head; rump yellowish olive. Young: Chin, throat, etc., dull light grayish 
yellow, scarcely different from color of other lower parts; upper parts dull 
smoky olive. 
White spot at base of quills much reduced in size; rump yellowish olive- 
green, or olive-yellow; entire lower parts posterior to throat oil-yellow, 
becoming paler and much duller on flanks and under tail-coverts ; length 
(skins) about 3.60-3.75, wing 2.05-2.30, tail 1.35-1.55. Hab. Middle 
America, from eastern Mexico to Chiriqui. 
C. mexicana (Sct.). Mexican Honey Creeper.? 
Famity MNIOTILTID.—Tue Woop Warsters. (Page 322.) 
Genera. 
a', Gape with very small bristles, or none. 
b'. Hind-toe, with claw, as long as naked portion of tarsus in front; claw of 
middle toe on the same line, vertically, with the toe. 
Plumage striped with black and white, the latter prevailing on lower 
PATUS:. jccsesseaesesreccvetuars cis cdantexecewercresddss Mniotilta. (Page 483.) 
8. Hind-toe, with claw, much shorter than naked portion of tarsus, in front; 
claw of middle toe (looking from above) set obliquely to the axis of the toe. 
c. Middle toe, with claw, as long as or longer than tarsus, in front, the 
wing without white bands or other markings. 
1 Certhiola caboti “Barry, MS.” Finson, Verh. der K. K. Zool.-bot. Gesellsch, Wien, 1871, 790. 
2 Certhiola mexicana Scu., P. Z. 8. 1856, 286. 
