138 



THE BIKDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



times, 



with wash of yellow on uuderpaits ; no white on tail. 



Bill, very slightly 

 hooked or notched at tip ; 

 not flattened at base, as 

 in the Flycatcher.?; toes, 

 joined at base. Plain 

 colored birds, usually 

 greenish or grayish, at 



Family VIREONID/E. Vireos. 



See page 271. 



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



(1.) Toes, 4; nostrils, opening iuto a soft, 

 fleshy membrane; tarsus, usually shorter than 

 toes. 



Family COLUMBID.^. Pigeons and Doves. 



See i)agel,55. 



('i.J r>ill, pointed; first primary, not sliort; base of bill, 

 extending upon and dividing the feathers of the forehead ; 



nostrils, exposed; outer tail featliers, sliortrr than middle featliers. 



Family ICTERID/E. Orioles. 



Sec page 213. 



Oriole 



'^(, 



389 

 (.3.) First 





Family FRINQILLID/E. 



primary, not short, 

 never Jess than two thirds as long as 

 second or tliird ; bill, stout and coni= 

 cal ; nostrils, near the culmen; prim- 

 aries, 0; tarsus, flattened l)ehind. 

 Finches, Sparrows, Crossbills, and Buntings. 



See i.ngr 220. 



if 



525 "«*- 515 V 522 



First primary, never less than two thirds as long as 

 lliird, and often nearly the same length; bill, slender and pointed; 

 back of tarsus, thin and sharp, not rounded, as in front : hind toe 

 and claw, not longer than middle toe and claw. 



Familj MNIOTILTID/E. Warblers. 

 See page 275. 



