144 YOSEMITE NATURE NOTES 



Wren-tits: Family Chamaeidae — Wren-tit 



Dippers: Family Cinclidae — American dipper 



Wrens: Family Troglodytidae — Bewick's wren 



Mockingbirds and Thrashers: Family Mimidae — California thrasher 



Thrushes: Family Turdidae — Hermit .thrush 



Old- World Warblers, Gnatcatchers, Kinglets: Family Svlviidae— 



Golden-crowned kinglet 

 Wagtails: Family Motacillidae — Water pipit 

 Waxwings: Family Bombycillidae — Cedar waxwing 

 Shrikes: Family Laniidae — Loggerhead shrike 

 Vireos: Family Vireonidae — Solitary vireo 

 Wood Warblers: Family Compsothlypidae — Yellow-throat 

 Weaver Finches: Family Ploceidae — English sparrow 

 American Orioles and Blackbirds: Family Icteridae — Scott's oriole 

 Tanagers: Family Thraupidae — Western tanager 

 Finches, Sparrows, etc. : Family Fringillidae — White-crowned spar- 

 row 



• The species representing these families have a foot structure similar to that shown in figures 

 27 and 35. 





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