KEY TO FAMILIES. LAND BIRDS, 



135 



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



•3-v , .50 inches long. Two species: both males and oue of the females 



"'-'-' ^7 '^ i have brilliaut red or yellow crowu patch : the other female has 



555 



crown, dull green, like back. 



Family SYLVIID/E. Subfamily REQULIN/E. Kinglets. 



See page 320. 



Section 2. First primary, more tlian half as long as tiiird. 



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 sliort. 



O""^ 



Top of bill. .side (it liill. 



Family TYRANNID/C. Flycatchers. 



See page 200. 



(2.) Bill, very sliglitly hooked; not 

 wide and flat at base, as in the Flycatch- 

 ers; toes, joined together at ba.se. Plain 

 colored birds, usually greeni.sh or gi-ayish, 

 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 Tirco. 



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 

 481 X Florida; not recorded elsewhere in United States. 



Family CCEREBID/E. Honey Creepers. 



See page 274, 



