PO I A Ml I. IKS. 



Order XVII. PaMerei, i ATCB- 



KMS, BLAfKHIKi STHBS, 



!*, \VAHIH.KII-, \Vi:>.>. TIIKI .UK*, etc. 



TOO* four, without Wei*, all nil the Millie level; hind tiK- 



as large as the mid.li- ! gem-rail* lngi-r tlmn 



that of the middle one; tuil of twelve leathern. 

 [The follow in;; *M<>|'tical 

 tal'le of the charu> ' 

 of tin- eighteen fan. 

 whii-h we have in this 

 order svciii!* i: 



r\ than an artificial 



^- F,o. 41. 

 Family 1. TyrannuUt. FLV< AT. IIKK^ (Fig. 42). 



Bill wider than high at the base, 

 ulightly hooked at the tip ; base 

 with e<>n.-i>ieuoun bristliti; wingi 

 longer than the tail, the second to 

 fourth primaries longest, the first 

 but little fthorter and generally 

 equal to the fifth or aixth ; back of 

 tan-iis rotindtd, lite tht front ; 

 plumage generally olive-green or 

 grayish; tail, except in the King- 

 bird, without white s[>ts, p. 244. 

 Family 2. AJnudi.l.r. T.ARKS (Fig. 43). 

 Bill rather stout and rounded ; nos- 

 trils with bristly tufU; nail of hind 

 toe much lengthened, as loin; as 

 the middle toe without nail; back 

 of the tarsus rounded like the front, 

 p. 252. 



II 



Family 8. Corvittae. CROWM and JATH 



Large birds, over lo-O) in length ; bill tut, the nostrila concealed by tufts 

 tli t<> tilth primary the longest, the first about half 

 as long ; ..iu,-r tuil tVuthi-n shortest ; feet and legs stout, p. 8M. 



