SYLVICOLID.E — TIIK WAUULERS. I71J 



4. Wings roimdod. shorter than the i,'i'aihuitt;d tail. 



Geothlypeae. 



Above ohvc-greeu ; beiiealh yehow, without streaks . . Oeoilihjpis. 



ICTKIilAX.i:. 



5. Bill very deep anil oonipressed; tail graduated ; outer toe deeply cleft. 



Icterieee. 



Olive-green above; bright yellow anteriorly beneath. Upper man- 

 dible deeper than the lower Ideria. 



Plumbeous-blue above; red, blaek. and white beneath. Upper 

 mandible not so deep as the lower ...... Granafellus. 



6. Bill slender, sub-eonieal. but curveil ; tail nearly even; outer toe adherent 

 for basal half. 



Teretristese. 



Aliove olive-gray ; beneatli wliitish posteriorly, antl j'ellow an- 

 teriorly . ......... Teretristis. 



sETOPn.vr.iN.E. 



7. Bill Ujrannine. Tail bi'oad, equal to or longer than the wing, and much 

 rounded. 



Setopliageae. Colors mainly black, red, and white. 



Tad not longer than the wing. Above black, wing variegated Selopliaiju. 

 Tail longer than the wing. Above plumbeous, wing unvariegated Mgwborus. 



8. Bill syhiriiliiic. Tail narrow, almost even ; shorter than the wing. 



Myiodiocteae. Colors yellow beneath, olive-green or ashy above. 



Black nuirkings about the head in the ,J . . . . Myiodiodes. 



9. Bill somewhat parine. Tail equal to the w-iiig, almost even. 



Cardelliaese. Colors mainly red, or red, ashy, and white. 



Bill weak, almost cylindrical; wings rounded, the quills broad and 

 soft at ends. Tail slightly rounded, the feathers soft. Colors mainly 

 red. ........... Ergatkus. 



Bill stout, the culmen and gonys very convex; wings pointed, 

 the quills emarginated and hard at ends. Tail even, the feathers 

 hard. Color ashy above ; rump and beneath wdiite. Head red and 

 black. ........... Carclellina. 



OF the alK.A'e, GranatcUus, Myioboriis, Erfjnticits, and Cardellma belong tu 

 Centi'iil and Suutli America, Teretristis to Cuba. 



Subfamily SYLVICOLIN^. 



Section IVl N I O F I L T E /E . 



Cit.vR. Bill slightly notched some distance from the tip. Rictal bristles minute. Hind 

 toe considerably developed, longer than the lateral toe; its claw decidedly longer than 

 its digit. First quill nearly or quite as long as the second. Wings long, pointed ; much 

 longer than the tail, which is nearly even. Tail-feathers with white spots. Bill much 

 compressed for ternnnal half, the connnissure and lateral outlines decidedly concave; the 

 culmen and gonys convex. 



