in: Y To FA )IILIES. 51

Order XVII. Passeresr l‘erchiug Ilirds: Frye-wen- HRS, Bmcmmuw, .J.\\'.<. (lmumcs. Hinuumws. l’iern-Ls, SWALLUWS, Vilnius, \\~.\RBLI€I:>‘, Wincxs, 'l'nin'snics. ete. Toes f‘our, without Webs. all on the same level; hind me as large as the middle one. its nail generally longer than that ot'the middle one: tail ut‘tu‘elve feathers. [The following synopticul table of the elmraeters of the eighteen families whieh We have in this order seems more satis— factory than an urtitn ial key]

FIG. 41. Family 1. Y;I/7‘allhi¢1<£.—FLYCATCH151:5 (Fig. 42).

Bill wider than high at the base, slightly hooked at the tip; base with conspicuous bristles; wings longer than the tail. the second to fourth primaries longest, the first but little shorter and generally equal to the fifth or sixth; back of tarsus row/111M, file the front ; plumage generally olive—green or grayish: tail, except in the King— bird, without white spots, 1). 2242.

FIG. 42.

Family '2. jllfl’llll’lllf". lit-mus (Fig. 43). Bill rather stout and rounded; nos— trils With bristly tufts; nail of hind toe much lengthened. as long as the middle toe without null; back of the tarsux rounded like the front,

p. 252.

Family & (‘mvciilm—(‘nrm‘s and JAYS (Fig. 4-H. Large birds. over 1000 in length ; bill stout, the nostrils concealed by tufts (nt'brisnly feptller'; fourth to fifth primary the longest, the first about half as long; outcl‘ tail-feathers shortest; feet and legs stout, p. 2:33.