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4. Wings rounded, shorter than the graduated tail. 



Geothlypeae. 



Above oHve-green ; beneath yellow, Avithout streaks . . Geothlypis. 



ICTERIAN^. 



5. Bill very deep and compressed ; tail graduated ; outer toe deeply cleft. 



Icterieae. 



Olive-green above ; bright yellow anteriorly beneath. Upper man- 

 dible deeper than the lower Ideria. 



Plumbeous-blue above; red, black, and white beneath. Upper 

 mandible not so deep as the lower ...... Granatellus. 



6. Bill slender, sub-conical, but curved ; tail nearly even ; outer toe adherent 

 for basal half. 



Teretristeae. 



Above olive-gray ; beneath whitish posteriorly, and yellow an- 

 teriorly . . ■ TeretrisUs. 



SETOPHAGIN.E. 



7. Bill tyrannine. Tail broad, equal to or longer than the wing, and much 

 rounded. 



Setopliageae. Colors mainly black, red, and white. 



Tail not longer than the wing. Above black, wing variegated Setophaga. 

 Tail longer than the wing. Above plumbeous, wing unvariegated Myioborus. 



8. Bill sylvicolirie. Tail narrow, almost even ; shorter than the wing. 



Myiodiocteae. Colors yellow beneath, olive-green or ashy above. 



Black markings about the head in the $ ■ • . . Afyiodioctes. 



9. Bill bomewhat ;;r(r/He. Tail equal to the wing, almost even. 



Cardellineae. Colors mainly red, or red, ashy, and wliite. 



Bill weak, almost cylindrical ; wings rounded, the quills broad and 

 soft at ends. Tail .slightly rounded, the feathers soft. Colors mainly 

 red. ........... Ergaticus. 



Bill stout, the culmen and gonys very convex ; wings pointed, 

 the quills emarginated and hard at ends. Tail even, the feathers 

 hard. Color ashy above ; rump and beneath white. Head red and 

 black. Cardellina. 



Of the above, Granatellus, Myiohorus, Ergaticus, and Cardellina belong to 

 Central and South America, Teretristis to Cuba. 



Subfamily SYLVICOLIN^. 



Section M N I O T I L T E /E . 



Char. Bill slightly notched some distance from the tip. Rictal bristles minute. Hind 

 toe considerably developed, longer than the lateral toe ; its claw decidedly longer than 

 its digit. First quill nearly or quite as long as the second. Wings long, pointed ; much 

 longer than the tail, which is nearly even. Tail-feathers with white spots. Bill much 

 compressed for terminal half, the commissure and lateral outlines decidedly concave; the 

 culmen and gonys convex. 



