of CLASS II. ORDER If. 
bristles ; tongue sharp, cartilagenous, bifid ; mid- 
dle toe connected at the base to the outermost. 
‘Turnus, (thrush,) bill straitish, the upper man- 
dible a little bending and notched near the point ; 
nostrils naked, or half covered with a small mem- 
brane; mouth ciliate with a few bristles at the 
corners ; tongue jagged. | 
Oreo.us, (oriole, fire-bird, red-robin,) bill co- 
nical, convex, very sharp-peinted, strait ; upper 
mandible a trifle longer than ‘the lower one, and 
obscurely emarginated ; tongue bifid, sharp ; feet 
formed for walking. 
GracuLa, (grakle, black-bird,) bill convex, 
thick, somewhat compressed on the sides, coulter- 
form ; nostrils small, near the base of the bill, of- 
ten near the edge ; tongue entire, rather sharp- 
pointed, fleshy ; feet formed for walking; middle 
toe connected te the cutmost tee at the base. 
Pipra, (manakin,) bill shorter than the head, 
strong, hard, neariy triangular at the base, and 
slightly incurved at the tip; nostrils naked; feet 
sressoral ; tail short. 
Moracitua, (wren, warbler, sparrow, robbin,) 
bill subulate, strait; mandibles nearly equal : 
nosirils obovate ; tongue lacerate at the end. 
Section B. Fills deeply separated, short, flat 
hooked, without notches. 
Hirvunvo. (swallow, martin,) bill small, weak, 
curved, subulate, depressed at the base; gape 
larger than the head ; tongue short, broad, cleft ; 
wings long; tail mostly forked. 
Caprimuceus, (geat-sucker, night-hawk, whip- 
poor-will,) bill slightly curved, very small, subu- 
tate, and depressed at the base ; mouth extremely 
