N TAMII.V 5IXI0TIT.TIT)AK, 



the stomach of the Honey Creeper is very small and resenilks that of a Kitm- 

 miiig Bird. See Fij;. 13. 



Another allied family is that containiiifj the Wood Wa<i-taiJs. Seiiindae. 

 This is a <^"oiip of birds of wliich the ( jolden-crowned Thrush is a familiar ex- 

 ample, and which by most authors, is considered as helonjjinf? to the family of 

 Wood Warblers, but as tlie AVoocMVajj-taiJs diti'er in a number of characteris- 

 tics from the Warblers. 1 separated them from the family in the second edition 

 of my Birds of Eastern North America, pa<^e 023. The NN'ocxl Wa<>-tails have 

 nine primaries, but the sternum is much more nearly like that of a Thvusli. 

 Nee Fig. 15. where at A 1 "ive a cut of the keel of a Water AVag-tail. and at li 

 that of a Wilson's Thrush. Compare these with the steruums of Warblers on 

 page o. Fig. 9. The Wag-tail Thrushes also differ in habit. For further re- 

 marks \\\ion this sx\bject, see Birds of Fastern North America. ])age (i23. See 

 Fig. IG for head of Golden -crowned Thrush, and Fig. 17 for head of Louisi- 

 ana Water Thrush. 



Another group of birds which have usually been classed of late with the 

 Warblers are the Chats, family Icteriadae. of which the Yellow -breasted Chat 

 is an example. Just how this bird resembles the Warblers, e.vcejiting in hav- 

 ing nmc primaries, it is difhcult to state. The differences are, however, quite 

 ob^■ious. It is a large bird, about twice the si/e of the largest AVar))ler. The 

 bill is thick, with no hulication of a notch at ti]) : the taisi are without scales. 

 The tongue is not cleft at tip nor ciliated. an<l the stomach is (juite muscular. 

 See Fig. S for liead of Yellow-breasted Chat, aivd also Fig. 11 for foot, tongue. 

 and .stomach : li, coeca. 



With the Vireos, the Warblers are (|uite distantly related, but these birds 

 have a thick, curved, well notched bill. See Fig. Hi where I give the liead of 

 a Warbling \'ireo. 



On page 7, Fig. 12 is given a full-si/ed cut of the .\rvow -beaded Wuvblei" 

 which is about a tyjiical warhler in form. 



