52 MANUAL 



" SYLVICOLIN.'E. — Bill rather slender, conical, or depressed. Culmen 

 straifiht or convex. Hind toe shorter than the middle; the claws all much 

 curved ; hind claw not conspicuously longer than the middle one. • When 

 the hind toe is lengthened, it is usuall}' in the digit not the claw. Tertials 

 generallj^ not longer than the secondaries. 

 It may be conveniently divided into the following sections ; 



A Rictus ■with short bristles or none. 



MxiOTiLTE.K. r~ Bill notched. Hind *oe longer than the lateral 



ones, its claw shorter than the digit. Wings pointed. Tail 



nearly even, spotted. 

 Geothlyfe*: — Bill notched Legs very stout. Hind toe longer 



thaa tne lateral; its claw equal to the digit. Tail unspotted. 

 IcTERiE.*: — Bill without notch, very stout, much compressed. 



Commissure and culmen both much curved. 

 Vermivore.I':. — Bill entirely without a notch ; conical, slender, 



weak, acutely pointed. 

 Sylvicole/E. — Bill notched. Wings pointed. Hind toe equal to 



the lateral. 



B Rictus with -well-developecl bristles. 



Setophage.e. — Bill depres.sed, broad, notched at tip." 



Mniotilte.e contiiiiis the genera Miiiofilta, Piiyuhi, and P)ufoji<if(iria. 



Geothlype.k contains Geothli/jji.s and Oj^ordrni^i. 



Icterie.e contains Icteria. 



Vermivore.* contains Uelmitkerus. 



Sylvic'ole--e contains Seinrus and Dendrveca. 



Setoph.\ge,e contains Myiodioctes, Cardellina, and Seto2)]i(iga. 



We will ourselve.s divide the family into ."3 ,sui)-families : 



Sub-family ci SYLVICOLIN.a3 True Warblers 



Size .small or not large; hill short, slender, and conical — 

 typical of the family, in fact, and generally with rictal l)ri,s- 

 tles ; wings typical and longer than the tail excepting in 

 Geothlypis ; tail nearly if not quite even and not con.spicaously 

 large or wide. (Hook of bill, and notch when present, very 

 inconspicuous.) Nostrils free from bristles. 



The True Warblers, (this sub-family was formerly called 

 Wood Warblers, in distinction from the Ground and Swamp 

 Warblers of Audubon and other writers,) are, then, the most 



