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DENTIROSTRES. 



SUB-FAMILY II. 



LUSCININ.E. 



The Warblers jyi'oper. 



Gen-. Chaeac. — Bill more or less long, slender, and straight, with the culmen 

 curved at the tip, which is slightly emarginated ; the sides compressed, and 

 the gonj's long and ascending ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a mem- 

 branous groove, with the opening usually exposed; the wings moderate, 

 and sometimes rounded ; the tail moderate and rounded at the end ; the 

 tarsi more or less lengthened, slender, and covered with broad scales, the 

 divisions of which are sometimes obliterated; the toes more or l^ss long, 

 slender, and covered with broad scales, the divisions of which are sometimes 

 obliterated, the outer toe generally longer than the inner, and united at its 

 base ; the claws long, curved, and acute. 





Fig. 53.— the wightingale. 



{Philoinehi li(t<ci>ii<i.) 



The species tliat compose tliis sub-family are 

 peculiar to the Old World, and are migratory at 

 certain seasons of the year. They are usually seen 

 in woods and thickets, in which they hide them- 

 selves, and through which they flit with great swift- 

 ness when alarmed. They search actively among the 

 leaves for insects ; they also feed on the seeds of the 



