26 



Bill stout, nostrils covered by bristly tufts. 



Fig. 45— Blue Jay 



Crows, Jays, etc P- 160. 



Keel of bill us- 

 ually extending 

 more or less up 

 on forehead. 



Fig. 46 — Bobolink 



Fig. 47 — Meadowlark 



Cowbird and 

 Bobolink (Fig. 

 46) have bills 

 resemblin g 

 those of Spar- 

 rows. See spe- 

 cies. 



Fig. 48 — Baltimore Oriole 



Fig. 49 — Bronzed Gracklb 



Starlings . . p. 164. 





Fig. 50 — Rose-breasted Grosbeak Fig. 51 — Sonq Sparrow Fig. 52 White-winged 



Crossbill 



Bill conical, stout for seed cracking. (Bills of Bobolink and Cowbird 



superficially similar, see descriptions.) 



Sparrows p. 170. 



Slight or marked tooth on cutting side of 

 upper mandible. 



Tanagers. 



Fig. 53— Scarlet Tanageb 



p. 191. 



