The Bird Book/Honey Creepers

by Chester A. Reed

HONEY CREEPERS. Family COEREBIDvE

f)35. BAHAMA HONEY CREEPER Ccereba bahamensis

Range. Bahamas, casually to southern Florida and the Keys. This peculiar curved-billed species is dark brown above, with the underparts, superciliary line and spot at base of primaries, whitish; the rump and a breast patch .are yellow. They nest at low elevations in bushes or trees usually in tangled thickets, making a large dome-shaped nest of grasses, leaves and fibres and, during May or June, lay from three to five pale creamy white eggs, speckled sparingly all,, over the surface and more abundantly at the large end with reddish

>rown. Size .65 x .50.