SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 



NASHVILLE WARBLER. 



YELLOW WARBLER. 



AMERICAN REDSTART. 



CHAT. 



Family 60. WARBLERS. MNIOTILTID^E. 



Bill, in most of the species, slender, sharply pointed, and without a notch or hook at 

 the tip; in the genera IVilsonia and^Setophaga, flat and flycatcher-like; in Icteria stout; 

 t>ack of tarsus compressed into a thin ridge; three outer primaries of nearly equal 

 length. 



AMERICAN PIPIT. 



Family 61. WAGTAILS. MOTACILLID^. 



Hind toe-nail much lengthened; bill slender, nostril not covered with bristles, as in 

 true Larks; back of tarsus thin, not rounded; terrestrial, walking with a wagging 

 motion of the tail. 



AMERICAN DIPPER. 



Family 62. DIPPERS. ClNCLID/E. 



Thick-set birds with short wings and tail; plumage thick and water-proof; tarsus 

 scaled; semi-aquatic in habit, haunting mountain streams. 



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