KEY TO FAMILIES. 



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Family 8. HirundiniJm. — Swallows (Fig. 49). 

 Bill short and fliittenod, 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 ; 

 firet primary the longest ; outer tail- 

 feathers longest; feet small, tarsus 

 short, round in front, narrower and 

 sharper in the back, p. 318. 



Fio. 49.. 



Family 9. Ampelidm. — 'WAXwiNas 

 (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. 



FiQ. 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. Vireonidce. — Vikeos (Fig. 52). 



Small birds, 5-00- 



•^".^ 7-00 in length, with 



\p^_^ generally olive- 



^^^^_2|~~\ green backs ; tail- 



"^^—jZ—-^^ feathers without 



^/^ 7 white spots; bill 



Fig. 52. rather stout, higher 



than broad at the 



base, the tip of the uppor 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. MniotiltidcB. — Wood Wab- 



BLEES (Fig. 53). 



Small birds, length generally under 



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



with, as a rule, brightly colored 



Fio. 51. 



