KEY 
Family 4. Sturnide.—Star- 
LINGs (Fig. 62). 
Bill flattened, wider than 
high at the base; tail short 
and square; wings long 
and pointed, second pri- 
mary longest, the first 
very small, less than half 
an inch in length, p. 355. 
FAMILIES 129 
Fie. 62. 
Family 5. Icteride.—BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, etc. (Fig 63). 
Length 7°00-17°00; base of the bill, between the nostrils, extending back- 
ward and dividing the feathers of the forehead; nostrils not concealed by 
bristles; first three primaries of about equal length; outer tail-feathers 
generally shortest, p. 357. 
Family 6. Fringillide.—Spar- 
Rows, Fincuses, Gros- 
BEAKS, etc. (Fig. 64). 
Length 4°75-9°00, generally 
under 8°00; bill short, stout, 
and conical, admirably fitted 
to crush seeds; third and 
fourth primaries generally 
about the same length, the 
first never more than half an 
inch shorter than the longest, 
p. 369. 
Family 7. Tangaride.—Tanacers (Fig. 65). 
Fig. 64. 
Length about 7°00; the males of our species mostly 
red; bill finchlike, but less conical, somewhat swollen, 
the outline of the upper mandible curved, its sides os) 
with a slight but generally evident ‘tooth’ near the V4 4 
middle; tail-feathers of equal length, p. 413. 
