Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 



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General plumage, sooty brown, 



showing a faint greenish tinge on the 

 upper parts; throat, ashy white; 

 tail feathers, with sharp spines, or 

 points formed by the shafts of the 

 feathers, extending beyond the webs. 

 The Swifts belong to the family 

 Micropodidae and are widely sepa- 

 rated generically from the Swallows; 

 but persons unfamiliar with birds might look for them under the 

 same family. Chcetura pelagica. 



Chimney Swift. 

 See No. 201. 



Family BOMBYCILLID^. 



Cedar Birds. 



Waxwings and 



Bill, without notch; head, with crest; primaries, ten; tarsus, 

 shorter than middle toe and claw ; a black stripe from forehead through 

 the eye ; inner primaries and tail feathers, often tipped with little hard 

 red bits, like minute drops of sealing wax. 



Cedar Bird. 



