WOOD WARBLERS 401 



from six to twelve feet from the ground. In a juniper gulch in 

 New Mexico I had the pleasure of stroking one of the birds on its 

 nest. 



FAMILY MNIOTILTID.S! : WOOD WARBLERS. 



KEY TO GENERA. 



1. Gape with conspicuous bristles. 

 2. Under parts mainly clear yellow Wilsonia, p. 427. 



2'. Under parts marked with red, orange, or yellow (except *^. o 

 young Cardellind). ^\ 5 



Fig. 493. 

 3. Bill broad and much flattened at base . . Setophaga, p. 429. 



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3'. Bill narrow and deep at base. Face and throat red in <=v -CD- 

 adults, brown in young . . . Cardellina, p. 430. ^\ j. 



Fig. 494. 

 1'. Gape without conspicuous bristles. 



2. Tarsus about equal to middle toe and claw ; 

 upper parts conspicuously streaked with 

 black and white . . Mniotilta, p. 402. 

 Fig. 495. Fig. 496. 



2'. Tarsus longer than middle toe with claw ; 

 upper parts not distinctly streaked with 

 black and white. Fig. 497. 



3. Bill deep, and strongly curved . . Icteria, p. 426. 



3'. Bill not deep, nor strongly curved. 

 Fig. 498. 4. Bill narrowly wedge-shaped. 



5. Rictal bristles obvious ; upper parts blue with 

 olive patch . . . Compsothlypis, p. 406. 



Fig. 499. 5'. Rictal bristles obsolete ; upper parts not blue 

 with olive patch . Helminth ophila, p. 402. 



4'. Bill slenderly conical. 



5. Tail marked with white or yellow. Fig. 600. 



Dendroica, p. 407. 

 5'. Tail not marked with white or yellow. 



6. Tarsus less than one third as long as wing ; 

 under parts streaked . . Seiurus, p. 423. 

 6'. Tarsus decidedly more than one third as long 

 as wing ; under parts not streaked ; partly 

 yellow G-eothlypis, p. 424. 



