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KINGFISHERS. 



Ocean. Winters from the Middle States, occasionally as far 

 north as Mass., south to Panama; migrates south in Oct., 

 north in April. Nests in holes of perpendicular banks ; eggs, 

 6, white. Note, a harsh rattle, given as the bird flies or 

 perches. Flight direct, often slow and rather jerky but some- 

 times swift and darting. Common. 



Olaiiiatores. 



Hind toe on a level with the anterior toes ; scales of hind 

 portion of tarsus not Fig. 237. 



projected backward 



'^ " N 



into a sharp ridge, fig. ^, 



237, (upper fig., tarsus t^t ^ 



of Kingbird; lower of |^ 



Pine Grosbeak, both 



much enlarged) ; mu-^ 



sical apparatus (sy- 

 rinx) provided with less than four pairs of vocal muscles, 

 Fig. 238. fig. 238 (enlarged). Small birds, inhabiting 

 temperate and tropical regions, which are not 

 capable of producing varied songs. Young 

 naked and helpless. 



A. TYRANT FLYCATCHERS. 



Tyrannidae. 



Eather small, dull-colored birds with quite 

 long wings, flattened bills with bristles at the 

 base. Sexes, similar. Food, mainly insects, 

 caught in air. 



BB, A, b, 1. a. Scissor-tails. Milvulus. 



Tail, very long and forked ; outer primaries, narrowed at 

 tip ; crown, with a concealed bright spot. Nests, in trees ; 

 eggs, 4, spotted. 



