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SINGING BIRDS— OSCINES. 



Genus DENDRCECA, (iR.vY. 



St/lvicola, Gray, Genera Birds, 2cl ed. 1S41, 32. (Not of Iluinphreys nor Swainson.) 

 Deiidruica, GuAY, Genera Birds, Appendix, 1842, 8. 



Gen. Cii.\k. Bill conical, attenuated, depressed at the base, (where it is, however, 

 scarcely broader than liij^li,) compressed fi'om the middle. C'ulmen straight for the basal 

 halt; then rather rapidly curving, the lower edge of upper mandible also concave. Gonys 

 slightly convex and ascending. A distinct notch near the end of the bill. Bristles, though 

 short, generally i^uite distinct at the base of the bill. Tarsi long ; decidedly longer than 



D. Aiuhibonii. 



middle toe, which is longer than the hinder one ; the claws rather small and much curved ; 

 the hind claw nearly as long as its digit. The wings long and pointed ; the second (juill 

 usually very little longer than the first. The tail slightl}- rounded and emarginatc. 



Colors. Tail nearlv always with a white spot ; its ground color never clear oli'se-green 



The most extensive genus of American warblers, there being over twenty 

 species in the United States, of which, however, few are found on tliis coast. 



