1. Throat and breast bright yellow. 132. Yellow=throated Vireo. 



2. Throat and breast white. 133- Blue=headed Vireo. 



II. Without wing-bars. 



V Wing over 3.00. 129- Red=eyed Vireo. 



B. Wing under 3.00. 



1. Under parts yellowish. 130. Philadelphia Vireo. 



2. Under parts" white. 131- Warbling Vireo. 



Family 17. TyrannidaE. Flycatchers. 



The Flycatchers are so named from their habit of darting out from a perch to catch some flying 

 insect, returning to the same perch for a lookout. The Kingbird sometimes eats quantities of honey- 

 bees, but with this exception the group is a very beneficial one. 



I. Tail deeply forked. 135- Scissor=tailed Flycatcher. 



II. Tail not forked. 



A. Wing oyer 3.00. 



1. Tad tipped with white. 136. Kingbird. 



2. Tail with rufous on inner vanes of feathers. 137. Crested Flycatcher. 



3. Tail fuscous. 



a. Wing 4.00 or more. 139. Olive=sided Flycatcher. 



b. Winn under 3. 50. 



(i I. Bill black. 138. Phoebe. 



(2). Lower mandible pale brownish. 140. Wood Pewee. 



B. Wing under 3.00. 



1. Upper parts with an evident brownish tinge. 



a. Wing over 2.60. 143- Traill Flycatcher, and (hypo- 



thetical) Alder Flycatcher. 



b. Wing under 2.60. M4- Least Flycatcher. 



2. Upper parts without brown. 



a. Under parts sulphur yellow. 141. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



b. Under parts only faintly yellowish. 142. Green=crested Flycatcher. 



I IrdER 2. MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers. Swifts. Hummingbirds. 

 Family r. Trochiudae. Hummingbirds. 



Our Ruby-throated Hummingbird is the smallest of our birds. It is a familiar object about 

 flower gardens, where it may sometimes be mistaken for a large hawk moth; but Hummingbirds 

 seldom feed during twilight, while the moths seldom feed during the day. Hummingbirds eat both 

 nectar and insects. 145- Ruby=throated Hummingbird. 



Family 2. Micropodidae. Swifts. 

 Our Chimney Swift is a familiar object to all. It is in no sense a Swallow. It nests and roosts 

 in chimneys, and is almost never seen sitting still except while incubating or protecting the young. 

 It is a tireless flier, and a yen- useful bird. 146. Chimney Swift. 



Family 3. CaprimulGidaE. WhippoorwiH, Nighthawk. 



The two species comprising litis family are the largest birds found in Ohio belonging to this 

 order. Nighthawk is only partially nocturnal, but WhippoorwiH is wholly so. Nighthawk frequently 

 nests on the top of flat-roofed city buildings, but Whippunrwill always nests in the woods. They 

 are famous insect destroyers, and are distinctly beneficial in all respects. 



I. A white spot in the wing. M9- Nighthawk. 



II. No white spot in the wing. M7- WhippoorwiH. 



Order 3. PICI. Woodpeckers. 

 Family. Picidae. Woodpeckers. 

 The characters already given for the order are sufficient. 

 I. Whole top of head red. 



A. Throat red. 



1. Body colors in bands: red, black, white, black. 155. Red=headed Woodpecker. 



2. Colors not in bands, a black crescent on breast. 153- YelIow=bellied Sapsucker. 



B. Throat white. 



1. A black crescent on breast. 153- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



2. Breast and bellv black 154- Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 



3. Under parts reddish, unmarked. 156. Red=bellied Woodpecker. 



