BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 641 
c. Forehead dusky or dark metallic greenish, like crown; lateral rectrices straight, 
broader. (Bahamas, except island of Inégua.) 
Nesophlox evelyne, adult male (p. 641). 
cc. Forehead metallic reddish purple, like throat; lateral rectrices doubly curved, 
narrower. (Island of Inagua, Bahamas.) 
Nesophlox lyrura, adult male (p. 644). 
bb. Bill straight; under parts of body more greenish; purple of throat not passing 
into violet posteriorly. (Costa Rica and western Panam.) 
Nesophlox bryantz, adult male (p. 645). 
aa. Throat pale gray, pale rufous-buff, or whitish; tail double-rounded, the longer 
rectrices tipped with light cinnamon-rufous. (Adult females.) 
b. No distinct auricular patch of dusky; no white lumbar tuft; throat pale grayish; 
axillars and under wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous; tail more than 26. 
c. Slightly larger; wing, 41.5-45.5 (43.3); tail, 26.5-30.5 (28.5), middle rectrices, 
23-28.5 (25.5); exposed culmen, 15.5-18 (16.6). 
Nesophlox evelynz, adult female (p. 642). 
cc. Slightly smaller; wing, 40.5-43 (41.9); tail, 27.5-29.5 (28.5), middle rectrices, 
23.5-26 (25); exposed culmen, 16-17 (16.6).¢ 
Nesophlox lyrura, adult female (p. 644). 
bb. A distinct auricular patch of dusky and a conspicuous lumbar tuft of white; 
axillars and under wing-coverts olive-bronzy; tail less than 25. 
Nesophlox bryantz, adult female (p. 645). 
NESOPHLOX EVELYN (Bourcier). 
BAHAMA WOOD-STAR. 
Adult male.—Above rather dull metallic green or bronze-green, 
including middle pair of rectrices; remiges dark brownish slate or 
dusky, very faintly glossed with purplish; tail (except middle pair of 
rectrices) purplish black, the second and third rectrices with inner 
web cinnamon-rufous (except for a narrow space along shaft toward 
tip), the third (from outside) with basal portion of outer web (ex- 
tensively) also cinnamon-rufous, the fourth with outer web (sometimes 
basal portion of inner web also) mostly cinnamon-rufous;’ a small 
postocular spot (sometimes a rictal spot also) of dull white; chin and 
throat brilliant metallic solferino purple passing into violet or violet- 
blue posteriorly and laterally, the chin and anterior portion of throat 
decidedly reddish purple or purplish red; chest white, passing into 
light buffy grayish posteriorly; rest of under parts cimnamon-rufous, 
paler medially, the sides and flanks glossed with metallic bronze or 
bronze-green; under tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous medially, passing 
into cinnamon-buff or white laterally; femoral tufts white; bill dull 
black; iris dark brown; feet grayish brown (in dried skins); length 
aT am not able to discover any positive characters distinguishing females of these 
two species. 
6 Sometimes the fourth rectrix passes into metallic bronze-green terminally, at 
least on edge. 
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