KKY TO FAMILIES. LAND HIKDS. 



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(0.) Bill, :is illustrated; back, olive green; bill, less than 

 .50 iiiches long. Two species : both mules and one of the females 

 have brilliant red or yellow crown patch ; the other female has * 

 crown, dull green, like back. 



Family SYLVIID/E. Subfamily REQULIN/E. Kinglets. 



See page 320. 



Section 2. First primary, more than half as long as third. 



Part 1. Tip of upper mandible, with small but distinct hook or notch. 



(1.) Bill, flattened, wide at base; tip, with small hook; numerous black bristles at 

 bast- of bill; back of tarsus, rounded; wings, longer than tail; first primary, m ver very short. 



Top of bill. 



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Side ol' bill. 



Family TYRANNID/E. Flycatchers. 



See page 200. 



(2.) Bill, very slightly hooked; not 

 wide and flat at base, as in the Flycatch- 

 ers; toes, joined together at base. Plain 

 colored birds, usually greenish or grayish, 

 but often show a faint wash of yellow 

 on underparts; tail, always without white 

 spots ; first primary, variable, very short in 

 some species, in others nearly as long as 

 second. 



Bill of Viri-o. 



Family VIREON1D/E. Vireos, 



See page 271. 



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Part 2. Tip of upper mandible, not notched or hooked. 



(1.) Bill curved ; back, slaty black; rump, bright yellow. West Indian 

 family: Numerous species, one common in Bahama Islands, accidental in 

 Florida; not recorded elsewhere in United States. 



Family CGEREBID/E. Honey Creepers, 



See page 274. 



