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Family 8. Mirimdinidce. — Swallows (Fig. 49), 

 Bill short and flattened, much wider 

 than high at the base; no bristles at 

 the base of the bill ; wings long and 

 pointed, tips, when closed, generally 

 reaching beyond the end of the tail ; 

 flrst primary the longest; outer tail- 

 feathers longest; feet small, tarsus 

 short, round in front, narrower and 

 sharper in the back, p. 318. 



Family 9. AmpelidcB. — 'Waxwinqs 

 (Fig. 50). 

 Plumage generally soft, brownish 

 gray or grayish brown; a black 

 band across the forehead and 

 through the eyes ; tail tipped 

 with yellow; bill short, notched 

 at the tip; head conspicuously 

 crested, p. 323. 



Fict. 50. 



Family 10. Laniidm. — Shrikes (Fig. 51). 

 Grayish birds, 8'00-9'00 in length, most of the 

 tail-feathers tipped with white; bill hooked and 

 hawklike, p. 325. 



Family 11. Vireonidm. — Vibeos (Fig. 52). 



Small birds, 5-00- 



•^".^ ' 7-00 in length, with 



\a, generally olive- 



^^-i^^_2^^-N^^ green backs ; tail- 



' * / ' ^ •^'^ feathers without 



y>^ 7 white spots; bill 



Fio. 52. rather stout, higher 



than broad at the 



base, the tip of the upper mandible 



notched and hooked, bristles at the 



base of the bill barely evident ; tarsi 



scaled, round in front, narrower and 



sharper behind; toes united at the 



base, p. 327. 



Family 12. MrdoUlUdce. — Wood War- 



ELER8 (Fig. 53). 



Small birds, length generally under 



6'00, but in four species 6'50-7'50, 



with, as a rule, brightly colored 



Fig. 53. 



