KEY TO FAMILIES. LAND BIRDS. 



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(6.) Bill, as illustrated ; back, olive green ; bill, less than 

 .50 iuches long. Two species : both males and one of the females 

 have brilliant red or yellow crown patch; the other female has 

 crown, dull green, like back. 



Family SYLVIID^E. Subfamily REGULIN/E. Kinglets. 



See page 320. 



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Section 2. First primary, more than half as long as third. 



Part 1. Tip of upper mandible, with small but distinct hook or notch. 



(1.) Bill, flattened, wide at base; tip, with small hook; numerous black bristles at 

 base of bill; back of tarsus, rounded; wings, longer than tail; first primary, never very short. 



Top of bill. 



Side of hill. 



Family TYRANNID/E. Flycatchers. 



See page 200. 



(2.) Bill, very slightly hooked; not 

 wide and flat at base, as in the Flycatch- 

 ers ; toes, joined together at base. Plain 

 colored birds, usually greenish or grayish, 

 but often show a faint wash of yellow 

 on underparts; tail, always without white 

 spots ; first primary, variable, very short in 

 some species, in others nearly as long as 

 second. 



Bill of Vireo. 



Family VIREONID^E. Vireos, 



See page 271. 



Part 2. Tip of upper mandible, not notched or hooked. 



(1.) Bill curved ; back, slaty black; rump, bright yellow. West Indian 

 family: Numerous species, one common in Bahama Islands, accidental in 

 Florida; not recorded elsewhere in United States. 



Family CCEREBID/E. Honey Creepers, 

 See page 274, 



