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*** Tail feathers all unmarked ; same color on both webs. 



c. Conspicuously streaked below; head plain or with two 

 black stripes ; legs long. . . . SEIURUS, 8. 



cc. Not streaked below. 



d. Wings about as long as tail ; chiefly yellow below ; 

 crown (of $) black or ashy ; legs strong. 



GEOTHLYPIS, 10. 

 dd. Wings decidedly longer than tail. 



e. Bill not notched, half inch or more long; head plain 

 or with four black stripes. . HELMITHERUS, 4. 



ee. Bill less than half an inch long. 



/. Bill notched ; wings more than 21 ; crown plain or 

 with black OPORORNIS, 9. 



ff. Bill not notched, nor bristled, very acute ; wings less 

 than 2% ; crown plain or with a bright spot. 



HELMINTHOPHAGA, 5. 



II. Bill rather stout, not notched, hooked nor bristled ; tail longer 



than wings; length 7 to 8. Chats. (!CTERIN^E.) 



ICTERIA, II. 



III. Bill depressed, broader at base than high, notched and some- 

 what hooked, with strong rictal bristles half the length of 

 bill ; wings longer than tail ; length 5i or less. Fly-catching 

 Warblers. (SETOPHAGIN^E.) 



a. Bill fully twice as long as wide at base ; tail feathers un- 

 marked, or blotched with white. . MYIODIOCTES, 12. 



aa. Bill scarcely twice as long as wide at base ; tail marked 

 with orange or yellow. . . . SETOPHAGA, 13. 



/. MMOTILTA, Vieillot. CREEPING WARBLERS. 



1. /Iff. varia, (L.) Vieill. BLACK AND WHITE CREEPER. 

 Entirely black and white, streaked; crown with a broad 

 white stripe; white wing bars; $ grayer; L. 5; W. 2f; 

 T. 2. E. U. S.; a neat bird, with some of the habits of 

 a Nuthatch. 



