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12. Hirundinide : Swatiows. 
About the size of an English sparrow; bill short, flat, 
and very broad at the head ; mouth opens back nearly to 
the eyes; wings long and scythe shaped; tail forked ; 
legs short; feet weak; plumage compact and usually 
lustrous. (Ridgway.) 
Food: insects. Sexes usually alike, and young a 
little different. Found in flocks, in the air, on roofs or 
fences or telegraph wires, sometimes on trees. 
13. Tanagride: TANAGERS. 
Larger than an English sparrow; bill conical, notched, 
bristles; wings longer than tail; tail of moderate length, 
somewhat notched ; legs rather short. (Ridgway.) 
Food: insects. Sexes unlike. Found on trees’ in the 
woods. 
14. Fringillide: Fincues. 
Mostly about the size of an English sparrow, some 
smaller, some larger; bill short, high, and strong, turned 
down at the back corner; wings and tail variable. 
(Ridgway.) 
Seed and insect eaters. Found everywhere — on trees, 
bushes, on ground, in woods, fields, and about houses. 
15. Icteridze : BLackBirps, ORIOLES, ete. 
Larger than an English sparrow; bill straight or 
gently curved; mouth turned down at corners; tail 
rather long and rounded; legs rather short. Includes 
birds of very different habits. (Ridgway.) 
Food : seeds and insects. Sexes generally unlike. 
Found everywhere, on trees, in marshes, in woods. 
Many gregarious, found in flocks, some except in nesting 
season, and others all the year round. 
