TO F.\ MI LI KS. 



family 1. /bcW.r.-N< i"*" M" "'" 1 T.TIU. (Fig. 6T). 

 Subfamily .s'.V/.r. N 



Hill rather \oiig and *l.-i..Vr, tin- m-l ( tho lower mandit 

 slightly upward; win*" l"tf ml 

 pointed, tho th'ml -r fourth primary 

 the longest, tho flrwt very small, not 

 an iiu-h m K-inrth ; Uil ih..t LIL! 

 iMjiurc, the outer frftlhcra bl 

 with *!iiti', J>. 3. 

 gubfaiiiily /brim*. TITMICE. 



_'th 4-50-6-ftO ; bill hoit, stout, an<t 

 r .,, m .l..l. lum than half an iiu-h in 

 length ; fourth or tilth primary l..n i ."-M, 

 flret very short, uot more than one 

 third aa long; Uil rather long, dull 

 w hy gray without white blotches, 

 p. W9. 



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no. 57. 



Family 17. Sylrii-l-r. KIKOLKTB and 



GNATCATCHKIM (Fig. 68). 

 Length 8-50-8-00; bill Mender, re- 

 sembling that of Home Warblers, but 

 the first primary is very short, only 

 about one third a* long as the longest, 

 p. 891. 



Fio. 88. 



Family 18. Tvrdid*. - 

 TintnuiBA, BLVEBIRI>, 

 etc. (Fig. 59). 



Length over 5-50 ; bill mod- 

 erate, the tip of tho upper 

 mandible notched; Ursus 

 smooth, the scales, if any, 

 fused and indistinct: tail 

 square : wing* long and 

 pointed, 8-75 or over, third 

 primary the longest, tho 

 first venr short, lew than 

 QUO Inch in length, p. 894. 



Fio. 50. 



