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KEY TO FAMILIES. 



Fio. 45. 



Family 4. Warni'iltr. STAR- 



I.IN<;S (Fig. 45). 

 Kill flattened, wider thnq 

 high at the base ; tail short 

 and square; win::* loin; 

 and pointed, second j>ri- 

 niary longest, the tirst very 

 small, less than half an 

 inch in length. \>. '_'.v.i. 



FIO. 46. 



Family 6. Itterida. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOJ-ES, etc. (Fig. 46). 

 Length 7'00-17'00; base of the bill, hrrween tin- nostrils, extendim; hack- 

 ward and dividing tlie feathers of the forehead; nostril* not concealed hy 

 bristles; first three primaries of about equal length; outer tail tVatlurs 

 generally shortest, p. I 



Family fi. Vrnnj',n'i,l,i. SI-\K- 



KOWM, Kl.VCIIl.-. Q 

 BE A I. '. 47). 



Length 4-7r>-;cCMi, generally 

 uii'li-r s-oo; hill short, stout, 

 and conical, admirably tit- 

 led to crush 'seeds; third 

 and fourth primaries gen- 

 erally about the same length, 

 the tirst never more than 

 half an inch shorter than 

 the longest, p. 271. 



Fio. 47. 



Family 7. Tanagrlli . TAXAOERS (Fig. 48). 

 Length about 7'00; the males of our species mostly red; 

 bill iinehlike, but less conical, somewhat swollen, the 

 outline of the upper mandible curved, its sides with a. 

 slight but generally evident, "tooth" near the middle; 

 tail-feathers of equal length, p. 310. 



Fio. 48. 



