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(E. Bill slender, about as high at base as broad, and regularly curved 

 downward from the base to the very acute tip.i The Bahama 

 Honey Creeper (636. Ccereba bahamensis) , of the family Ccer^bidse, 

 has been found in southern Florida.) 

 E. Bill higher than broad at base.^ (F.) 

 F. Bill stout at base, and with the gape so angulated as to bring the 

 corners of the mouth downward ;2 a * s 6 lo no lobes or nicks along 

 the cutting edge of the upper mandible. (G.) 

 F. Bill stout, with convex outline, and with lobes or nicks near the 

 center of the upper mandible,' but not crossed at tip ; wing, 3^ long ; 



tail even XII. Tanagers. 



F. Bill stout, compressed, notched, and abruptly hooked near the tip ; 8 

 plumage olivaceous ; tail without either white or yellow blotches ; 



wing, 3f or less long VIII. Vireos. 



F. Bill not as above, little, if at all, hooked ; colors in most species 

 bright and distinctly marked ; tail feathers generally blotched with 



white VII. Wood Warblers. 



G. Upper ridge of bill extended backward so as to divide the feathers 

 of the forehead ; ^ ^ <■ no notch at tip of bill or bristles at the rictus 

 (if any bristles can be seen they are less than J^ of the length of 

 the bill) ; bill not over | as high at base as long, in most species 



less than J as high XIV. Blackbirds, etc. 



6. Ridge of bill not especially extending upward on the forehead 

 (except in a few very stout-billed birds with the bill as high as 



long) ; bill usually short, stout, and conical.' ^ i" * 



XIII. Finches, etc. 



H. Rictal bristles absent ; nostrils overhung with bristles ; tail short, 

 even, and tipped with a yellow baud ; head crested, i' . . X. Waxwings. 

 H. Rictal bristles numerous and long.i'^ (I.) 



I. Tarsus with a sharp ridge behind and a distinct row of square 

 scales (scutella) merely down the front ji" wing, 2-2| long; no 



crest VII. Wood Warblers (Flycatching) . 



I. Tarsus rounded behind and with the scutella lapping round on the 

 outside of the tarsus about to the back portion ; i* wing, 2J-5| 



long ; crest small or none XVIII. Tyrant Flycatchers. 



J. Tarsus (booted) covered with a continuous plate along the front ; '^ 



