A painting of Saw-billed Hermits by Barry Kent MacKay was used as the frontispiece for the Wilson Bulletin... (29 October 2003, volume 115, number 1)



FRONTISPIECE. Saw-billed Hermits (Ramphodon naevius) perched (male) and hovering (female) among the native food plant Centropogon cornutus (Lobeliaceae). The remarkable bill dimorphism and other superficial characteristics of R. naevius combine attributes of both main hummingbird lineages (hermits and nonhermits). Analysis based on DNA sequences reveals that R. naevius is a surprisingly derived member of the hermit subfamily. Painting by Barry K. MacKay