A grayish frontal band; superciliary stripes narrow; not extending in front of eye. Trace of white patch at base of primaries … bartholemica.[94]
B. Head blackish, in distinct contrast to the more olivaceous back. Outer tail-feather with outer web scarcely tipped with white. Wing-coverts not margined with paler. Throat light ash, in distinct contrast to black of cheek.
1. A distinct external white wing-patch at base of primaries.
Rump olive-green. Hab. Mexico and Central America, but hardly reaching line of Panama R. R. … mexicana.[95]
Rump olive-yellow. Hab. Panama R. R.; south along Andes to Peru … peruviana.[96]
a. No external white wing-patch.
Rump olive-green. Hab. Brazil and Guiana … chloropyga.[97]
The preceding table is based upon a critical examination of many hundred specimens belonging to the Smithsonian Institution.—S. F. Baird.
Certhiola bahamensis, Reich.
BAHAMA CREEPER.