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Family 4. Sturnidce. STAB- 

 LINGS (Fig. 62). 

 Bill flattened, wider than 

 high at the base ; tail short 

 and square; wings long 

 and pointed, second pri- 

 mary longest, the first 

 very small, less than half 

 an inch in length, p. 355. 



FIG. 62. 



Family 5. Icterida. BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, etc. (Fig 63). 



Length 7'00-17'00; base of the bill, between the nostrils, extending back- 

 ward and dividing the feathers of the forehead; nostrils not concealed by 

 bristles; first three primaries of about equal length; outer tail-feathers 

 generally shortest, p. 357. 



Family 6. Fringillida. SPAR- 

 ROWS, FINCHES, GROS- 

 BEAKS, etc. (Fig. 64). 

 Length 4'75-9'00, generally 

 under 8'00; bill short, stout, 

 and conical, admirably fitted 

 to crush seeds; third and 

 fourth primaries generally 

 about the same length, the 

 first never more than half an 

 inch shorter than the longest, 

 p. 369. 



FIG. 64. 



Family 7. Tangarida. TANAGERS (Fig. 65). 



Length about 7'00; the males of our species mostly 

 red; bill finchlike, but less conical, somewhat swollen, 

 the outline of the upper mandible curved, its sides 

 with a slight but generally evident 'tooth' near the 

 middle; tail-feathers of equal length, p. 413. 



