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o. Birds of large size; (wing more than 4). . . . . Corvips, 165, 
oo. Birds of small size; (wing less than 4). 
me bill mot notehed. ss. .<)« ce at al PARED AG. LTT « 
pp. Bill notched toward the tip, very islander. Ae sh ornVvarpar 178. 
nn. Nasal feathers erect or directed backward, not covering nostrils; bill 
rather slender, the culmen convex; first ee not very short. 
TROGLODYTID&, 175. 
jj- Tarsus booted, without distinct scutella except near the base; rictal bristles 
present. 
q. Birds of small size; (wing less than 3); young unspotted. 
SYLvups#, 178. 
gq. Birds of moderate size (wing more than 3); young spotted. 
TuRDID#, 179. 
Famiry CLXUI. TYRANNIDA. (THe Frycatcuers.) 
Primaries 10; the first more than 3 length of second, longer than 
in any other of our passerine birds; bill typically broad, triangular, 
depressed, abruptly hooked and notched at tip, with long rictal 
bristles ; commissure nearly straight ; nostrils small, usually partly 
concealed. ‘Tarsus with its back and sides as well as the front 
covered with scutella, so that there is no undivided ridge behind, 
as in most other Passeres. Feet small. Mouth capacious; vocal 
apparatus mesomyodian, 7. e. the “syrinx with fewer than 4 dis- 
tinct pairs of intrinsic muscles inserted at the middle of the upper 
bronchial half rings, constituting an uncomplicated and ineffective 
musical apparatus.” (Coues.) Changes of plumage slight; ours 
mostly olivaceous. 
A large family of 80 genera, and more than 300 species; all 
American and mostly tropical. All are insectivorous, most of 
them pre-eminently so; they are, therefore, in our latitude, 
migratory. 
a. Bill of typical form, depressed, hooked at tip, with strong rictal bristles. 
6. Outer primaries, one or more of them, attenuate ; crown in adult with a 
concealed red or yellow crest. 
c. Tail deeply forked, much longer than wings. . . . Mitvutus, 452. 
cc. Tail not forked, not longer than wings. . . . . TYRANNUS, 453. 
66. Outer primaries not attenuate; crown without concealed bright-colored 
crest. 
d. [Wings and tail with chestnut; length 8 or more]; head slightly 
crested ; wings little longer than tail. . . . Myrarcuus, 454. 
dd. [Wings and tail without chestnut; general color olivaceous; length 
less than 8.] 
e. Wings at least 6 times as long as tarsus; (W. 8 to 44). 
ContTopus, 456. 
ee. Wings not more than 5 times as long as tarsus, little longer than 
tail. 
J. Bill rather narrow (black in our species; wing more than 3}). 
SAYORNIS, 455. 
Jf. Bill broad (usually pale below in our species; wing less than 34). 
EMPIDONAX, 457. 
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