KI.V TO I- 1 A Ml I. IKS. 



53 



Family S. Ilirundiniiltt. SWALLOWS (Fig. 49). 

 Bill short aii-1 rtuttriu-'l, enii'-li wi.l. r 

 than high at tlio ha*c ; no bristles at 

 tlio l>aito of the t>ill ; ings l"iitf <! 

 t.sl, tijw, when closed, generally 

 reaching beyond the > n.l ! tlio tail; 

 first primary tho longest ; outer tail- 

 tViitlnTH 'ft mnall, taraiM 



nhort, routul in -front, narrower and 

 aharpor in tho back, p. 818. 



Family 9. Amptlida, WAXWIHOS 



50). 



Pluina.'i ifi in rally w>ft, hrowniith 

 gray or grayish l>mwn ; a black 

 band aennw th- t'on-ln-ml and 

 through the eyt-i* ; tail tip|-l 

 with yellow; bill *li<.rt, notched 

 at the tip; hc-ad coni>picuounljr 

 crested, p. 323. 



Fio. SO. 



Family 10. I.nnii<t,t. SHRIKES (Fig. 51). 

 Grayish Mr.!*, 8-00-9-00 in length, m-xt <>f tho 

 tail-feathers tipped with white; bill hooked and 

 hawklike, p. 325. 



Family 11. I VIREOS (Fig. 52). 



Small birds, 5-00- 

 7-00 in length, with 

 generally olive- 

 green backs; tail- 

 feathers without 

 white spots; bill 

 rather stout, higher 

 than broad at the 

 base, the tip of tho upp-r mandible 

 notched and hooked, bristles at tho 

 DM6 of the bill barely evident ; tarsi 

 scaled, round in front, narrower and 

 harper l--liiii.l; toes united at tho 

 base, p. 327. 



Family IS. Jrt*>fi//../.r.-\VooD WA- 



BI.ERS (Fig. Ml. 



Small birds, length generally under 

 6-00, but in four specie* 6'50-7'50, 

 with, as a rule, brightly colored 



Km. :>1 



