26 



Bill stout, nostrils covered by bristly tufts. 



' W 



.eJfc 



Fig. 45 BLUE JAY 



Crows, Jays, etc p. 160. 



Keel of bill us- 

 ually extending 

 more or less up 

 on forehead. 



Cowbird and 

 Bobolink (Fig. 

 46) have bills 

 resembling 

 those of Spar- 

 rows. See spe- 

 cies. 



Fig. 46 BOBOLINK 



Fig. 47 MEADOWLARK 



Starlings. . 



Fig. 48 BALTIMORE ORIOLE 



Fig. 49 BRONZED GHACKLE 



p. 164. 



Fig. 50 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Fig. 51 SONQ SPARROW Fig. 52 WHITE-WINGED 



CROSSBILL 



Bill conical, stout for seed cracking. (Bills of Bobolink and Cowbird 



superficially similar, see descriptions.) 

 Sparrows p. 170. 



Slight or marked tooth on cutting side of 

 upper mandible. 



Fig. 53 SCARLET TANAQKR 

 Tanagers p. 191. 



