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KEY TO THE BIRDS OV EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Group 5. Wing, 3.75 to 4.25 inches long 



Bill, with small hook at tip, and black bristles at base; back of 

 tarsus, rounded. 



Flycatcher. 



Throat, grayish ; belly, yellow ; back, dull 

 olive ; more or less rufous brown ou the tail 

 fe.'itbers. 



Crested Flycatcher. 



Myiarchus crinitus. 

 See No. 347. 



Throat, grayish olive; belly, pale rufous brown; upper parts, olive gray. 



Say's Phoebe. 



Sayornis sai/a. 

 See No. 349. 



Throat, and middle of belly, white, sometimes tinged with yellow; under 

 mandible, pjile at base; ui)per parts, brownish olive; greater portion of breast, 

 and sides of the body, brownish olive ; upper mandible, black ; a tuft of whitish 

 feathers on the flanks. 



Olive=sided Flycatcher. 

 Contojnis boreaUs. 

 See No. 350. 



Throat and underparts, white; a very long forked tail; crown, black, with 

 yellow patch iu centre; back, gray. 



Fork=tailed Flycatcher. 



Milvulus tijrannus. 

 See No. 342. 



