294 KEY. 



X, p. 181. 



1, partly or wholly nocturnal ; A, p. 182. 

 Y, p. 184. 



1, tail spiny; A, p. 184. 

 Z, p. 184. 



1, green above; A, p. 185. 

 AA, p. 186. 



1, belted beneath ; A, p. 186. 

 BB, p. 186. 



1, colors, plain; A, p. 186. 

 CC, p. 192. 



1, wings, long; colors, dull ; bill, not thickened ; A, p. 

 192. 



2, larger; wings, short; colors, bright; B, p. 194. 



3, smaller; plumage, long, fluffy; B* , p. 196. 



4, larger; black; C, p. 197. 



5, smaller; streaked with white; D, p. 198. 



6, bright colored, brightly iridescent with long tail, 

 black with red wing patch, plain black, white above, or 

 with brown head; E, p. 198. 



7, bill, deeper at base than one half its length ; F, p. 207. 



8, small; rump, yellow; bill, strongly curved; G, p. 234. 



9, small, about 5.00 long; yellow beneath or in patches, 

 with black markings or streakings of reddish, darker 

 above, or if no yellow, black and white or bluish and 

 and white, with occasionally chestnut markings; H, p. 234. 



10, larger ; wholly yellow beneath ; I, p, 255. 



11, greenish or olive above; streaked below; no yellow; 

 J, p. 256. 



12, tail, longer; tertiaries, long; K, p. 257. 



13, wings, long; bill, small; capture food on wing; L, 

 p. 259. 



14, brown, crested; M, p. 263. 



15, colors, bright; scarlet, etc; N, p. 264. 



16, size rather large; bill, strongly hooked; O, p. 265. 



