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bristles ; tongue sharp, cartilagenous, bifid ; mid- 

 dle toe connected at the base to the outermost. 



TURDUS, (thrush,) bill straitish, the upper man- 

 dible a little bending and notched near the point ; 

 nostrils naked, or half covered with a small mem- 

 brane ; mouth ciliate with a few bristles at the 

 corners j tongue jagged.. 



OREOLUS, (oriole,, fire-bird, red-robin,) bill co- 

 nical, convex, very sharp-pointed, strait ; upper 

 mandible a trifle longer than the lower one, and 

 obscurely emarginated ; tongue bifid, sharp ; feet 

 formed for walking. 



GRACULA, (grakle, black-bird,) bill convex, 

 thick, somewhat compressed on the sides, coulter- 

 form ; nostrils small, near the base of the bill, of- 

 ten near the edge ; tongue entire, rather sharp- 

 pointed, fleshy ; feet formed for walking ; middle 

 toe connected to the outmost toe at the base. 



PIPRA, (manakin,) bill shorter than the head. 

 strong, hard, nearly triangular at the base, and 

 slightly incurved at the tip ; nostrils naked ; feet 

 gressoral ; tail short. 



MOTACILLA, (wren, warbler, sparrow, robbin,) 

 bill subulate, strait ; mandibles nearly equal : 

 nostrils obovate ; toDgue lacerate at the end, 



Section B, Hills deeply separated, short* fiat 

 hooked, without notches. 



HiRUNDO. (swallow, martin,) bill small, weak, 

 curved, subulate, depressed at the base ; gape 

 larger than the head ; tongue short, broad, cleft 5 

 wings long ; tail mostly forked. 



CAPRIMULGUS, (goat-sucker, night-hawk, whip- 

 poor-will,) bill sligktly curved, very small, subu- 

 late, and depressed at the base : mouth extreme! v 



