SYLVICOLtDiB. — ^XXVII. 59 



*** Tail feathers all unmarked; same color on both. webs. 



e. Conspicuously streaked below; head plain or with two 

 black stripes ; legs long. .... SitrRUS, 8. 



ee. Not streaked below. 



«^ Wings about as long as tail; chiefly yellow below; 

 crown (of s) blEick or ashy; legs strong. 



Geothltpis, 10. 

 dd. Wings decidedly longer than tail. 



e. Bill not notched, half inch or more long; head plain 

 or with four black stripes. . HbI/Mithbkus, 4. 



ee. Bill leas than half an inch long. 



/. Bill notched; wings more than Si; crown plain or 

 with black Oporoknis, 9. 



ff. Bill not notched, nor bristled, very acute; wings less 

 than 3J; crown plain or with a bright spot. 



Hblminthophaga, 5. 



II. BUI rather stout, not notched, hooked nor bristled ; tail longer 



than wings; length 7 to 8. Chats. (Lcterism.) 



ICTERIA, 11. 



III. Bill depressed, broader at base than high, notched and some- 

 what hooked, with strong rictal bristles half the length of 

 bill ; wings longer than tail ; length 5i or less. Fly-catchiag 

 Warblers. (SBTOPHAGiisr^.) 



a. Bill fully twice as long as wide at base; tail feathers un- 

 marked, or blotched with white. . WrLSONiA, 12. 



aa. BUI scarcely twice as long as wide at base ; tail marked 

 with orange or yellow. . . . SBTOPHAaA, 13. 



/. lUNIOTILTA, Vieillot. CitEEPiiirG Waeblees. 



1. M. varia, (L.) Vieill. Black and White Cebepbe. 

 Entirely black and white, streaked; crown with a broad 

 white stripe; white wing bars; $ 'grayer; L. 5; W. 2f; 

 T. 2^. B. U. S.; a neat bird, with spme Qi the habits pf 

 ft Nuthatch, 



