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4. Wings louiiiU'd, sliortcM' tliau tlif jjriuliiiitod tail. 



Oeothlypeae. 



Above o!iv(.'-i;ivi'ii; bt'iit'iUli yellow, without streaks . . Genihhjpis. 



ICTKUIAX.i;. 



5. Bill very (lee|> and eonipressed ; tail graduated ; outer toe deeply eleft. 



Icterieae. 



Olive-green above; liiiglit yellow anteriorly beneath. Upperman- 



dible deeper than the lower Irteria. 



Phunbeou.^i-blue above; red, blaek. and while beneath. I'pper 



niandiltle not so deep as the lower Oranatellus. 



C. Bill slend(!r, sub-uonical. l)ut curved ; tail nearly even ; outer toe adherent 

 for basal half. 



Teretristeae. 



Ab'jve olive-gray ; beneath whiti.sh posteriorly, and yellow an- 

 teriorly . 'J'eretrixtiii. 



SKTOIMI.VOIX.K. 



7. Bill Ujrnunine. Tail broad, equal to or longer than the wing, and much 

 rounded. 



Setopbageae. Colors mainly l)lack, red, and white. 



Tail not longer than the wing. Above blaek, wing variegated Setophitgn. 

 Tail longer than the wing. Above pliunbeous, wing nnvariegated Myioborus. 



8. Bill sylvicoUiie. Tail narrow, almost even ; shorter than the wing. 



Myiodioctese. Colors yellow beneath, olive-green or ashy above. 



Black markings aljout the head in the ^ . . . . Myiodiocte.s. 



9. Bill t.omewhat pnrine. Tail equal to the wing, almost even. 



Cardellinese. Colors mainly red, or red, a.shy, and white. 



Bill weak, almost cylindrical ; wings rounded, the quills broad and 

 soft at ends. Tail slightly rounded, the feathers soft. Cok)rs mainly 

 red. Ergaticus. 



Bill stout, the culmen and gonys veiy convex; wings pointed, 

 the quills emarginaliHl and hard at ends. Tail even, the feathers 

 hard. Color ashy above ; runqi and beneath white. Head red and 

 black Cardellinn. 



Of the above, Granafel/u,% Mi/iohn>'ii>t, ErcjntiruH, and Cardelliua belong li 

 (."entral and South America, Teretristis to Cuba. 



Subfamily SYLVICOLIN^. 

 Skotion MN 10 tilted. 



Char. Bill slightly imtched .some distance from the tip. Rictal bristles minute. Hind 

 toe considerably developed, longer than the lateral toe; its claw decidedly longer than 

 it.s digit. First quill nearly or quite as long as the second. Wings long, pointed ; much 

 longer than the tail, which is nearly even. Tail-feathers with white spots. Bill much 

 compressed for terminal half, the eomiuissure and lateral outlines decidedly concave; the 

 culmen and gonys convex. 



