52 MANUAL 



" SYLYICOLINiE. — Bill rather slender, conical, or depressed. Culrnen 

 straight or convex. Hind toe shorter than the middle ; the claws all much 

 curved; hind claw not conspicuously longer than the middle one. When 

 the hind toe is lengthened, it is usually in the digit not the claw. Tertials 

 generally not longer than the secondaries. 

 It may be conveniently divided into the following sections : 



A 'Rictus -with short bristles or none. 



Mxiotilte-E. — Bill notched. Hind f oe longer than the lateral 



ones, its claw shorter than the digit. Wings pointed. Tail 



nearly even, spotted. 

 Geothly?e<e . — Bill notched Legs very stout. Hind toe longer 



than cue lateral; its claw equal to the digit. Tail unspotted. 

 Icterie/E. — Bill without notch, very stout, much compressed. 



Commissure and culmen both much curved. 

 Yermivore.e. — Bill entirely without a notch ; conical, slender, 



weak, acutely pointed. 

 Stlvicole^e. — Bill notched. Wings pointed. Hind toe equal to 



the lateral. 



B Rictus -with well-developed bristles. 

 Setophage^e. — Bill depressed, broad, notched at tip." 



Mxiotilte.e contains the genera Mniotilta, Panda, and Protonotaria. 



Geothlype.e contains Geotldypis and Oporornis. 



icterie.e contains Icteria. 



Yermivore^e contains Helmitkerus. 



Sylvicole-E contains Seinrus and Dendrceca. 



Setophage/E contains Myiodioctes, Cardellina, and Setophaga. 



We will ourselves divide the family into 3 sub-families : 



Sub-family a SYLVICOLIN-ffi True Warblers 



Size small or not large ; bill short, slender, and conical — 

 typical of the family, in fact, and generally with rictal bris- 

 tles ; wings typical and longer than the tail excepting in 

 Geothlypis ; tail nearly if not quite even and not conspicuously 

 large or wide. (Hook of bill, and notch when present, very 

 inconspicuous.) Nostrils free from bristles. 



The True Warblers, (this sub-family was formerly ealled 

 Wood Warblers, in distinction from the Ground and Swamp 

 Warblers of Audubon and other writers,) are, then, the most 



