XXXV. 



1. Throat and breast bright yellow. 



2. Throat and breast white. 



II. Without wing-bars. 



A. Wing over 3.00. 



B. Wing under 3.00. 



132. 

 133. 



Yellow-throated Vireo. 

 Blue=headed Vireo. 



Under parts yellowish. 

 Under parts white. 



129. Red=eyed Vireo. 



130. Philadelphia Vireo. 



131. Warbling Vireo. 



Family 17. TyeannidaU. Flycatchers. 



The Flycatchers are so named from their habit of darting out from a perch to catch some flying 

 insect, returning to the same perch for a lookout. The Kingbird sometimes eats quantities of honey- 

 bees, but with this exception the group is a very beneficial one. 



135. Scissor^tailed Flycatcher. 



136. Kingbird. 



137. Crested Flycatcher. 



139. Olive=sided Flycatcher. 



138. Phoebe. 



140. Wood Pewee. 



143- 

 144. 



141. 

 142. 



Traill Flycatcher, and (hypo- 

 thetical) Alder Flycatcher. 

 Least Flycatcher. 



Vellow=bellied Flycatcher. 

 Green-crested Flycatcher. 



I. Tail deeply forked. 



II. Tail not forked. 



A. Wing over 3.00. 



1. Tail tipped with white. 



2. lail with rufous on inner vanes of fc.-ithcrs. 



3. Tail fuscous. 



a. Wing 4.00 or more. 



b. Wing under 3.50. 

 (i). Bill black. 

 (2). Lower mandible pale brownish. 



B. Wing under 3.00. 



1. Upper parts with an evident brownioh tinge. 



a. Wing over 2.60. 



b. Wing under 2.60. 



2. Upper parts without brown, 

 a. Under parts sulphur yellow. 

 h. Under parts only faintly yellowish. 



Order 2. MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers. Swifts, Hummingbirds. 



Family i. Trochilidae. Hummingbirds. 



Our Ruby-throated Hummingbird is the smallest of our birds. It is a familiar object about 

 flower gardens, where it may sometimes be mistaken for a large hawk moth; but Hummingbirds 

 seldom feed during twilight, while the moths seldom feed during the day. Hummingbirds eat both 

 nectar and insects. I4S' Ruby=throated Hummingbird. 



Family 2. Micropodidae. Swifts. 



Our Chimney Swift is a familiar object to all. It is in no sense a Swallow. It nests and roosta 

 in chimneys, and is almost never seen sitting still except while incubating or protecting the young. 

 It is a tireless flier, and a very useful bird. 146. Chimney Swift. 



Family 3. Caprimulgidae. Whippoorwill, Nighthawk. 



The two species comprising tnis family are the largest birds found in Ohio belonging to this 

 order. Nighthawk is only partially nocturnal, but Whippoorwill is wholly so. Nighthawk frequently 

 nests on the top of flat-roofed city buildings, but Whippoorwill always nests in the woods. They 

 are famous insect destroyers, and are distinctly beneficial in all respects. 



149. Nighthawk. 



147. Whippoorwill. 



I. 

 II. 



A white spot in the wing. 

 No white spot in the wing. 



Order 3. PICI. .Woodpeckers. 



Family. Picidae. Woodpeckers. 



The characters already given for the order are sufficient. 



Whole top of head red. 



A. Throat red. 



1. Body colors in bands: red, black, white, black. 



2. Colors not in bands, a black crescent on breast. 



B. Throat white. 



1. A black crescent on breast. 



2. Breast and belly black. 



T,. Under parts reddish, unmarked. 



155. 

 153. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 

 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



153- Veilow-bellied Sapsucker. 



154. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 



156. Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



