KEY TO FAMILIES. 53 
     
    
   
   
    
     Family 8. Iflrltndinidw.—SWALLOWS (Fig. 49). 
     
     Bill short and flattened, much wider 
     
    
   
   
    
     than high at the base; no bristles at - 1 
     
     the base of the bill; wings long and \. \e. ,' 
     
     pointed, tips, when closed, generally s 5' 
     
    

    
     reaching beyond the end of the tail; k ‘P 
     
    

    
     first primary the longest; outer tail- 1 
     
    
   
   
    
     feathers longest; feet small, tarsus 
     
     short, round in front,»narrower and 
     
     sharper in the back, p. 318. FIG. 49. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Family 9. Ampelidw.—WAXWINGS 
     
     (Fig. 50). 
     
    

    
     Plumage generally soft, brownish 
     
     gray or grayish brown; 9. black 
     
     band across the forehead and 
     
     through the eyes; tail tipped 
     
     with yellow; bill short, notched 
     
     at the tip; head conspicuously 
     
     crested, p. 323. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     FIG. 50. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Family 10. Lflfliidm.-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. Vireonidw.—V1RE05 (Fig. 52). 
     
     Small birds, 500— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ““a\\ 7'00 in length, with m / 5 
     
     ¥ generally olive— 7/ J y; ’ 
     
     ® green backs; tail- 
     
     ‘ ,, / feath'ers without b V / 
     
     / 7 white spots; bill }% 
     
     rather stout, higher ' 7/ 
     
    
   
   
    
     FIG. 52. 
     
     than broad at the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
           
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     base, the tip of the upper mandible C 
     
     notched and hooked, bristles at the L} 
     
    

    
     base of the bill barely evident; tarsi S 7' 
     
     scaled, round in front, narrower and \ 
     
    

    
     sharper behind; toes united at the 5% 
     
     base, p. 327. A,” 1 
     
    
   
   
    
     Family 12. JIniotiZtidw.—Woon WAR- 
     
    
   
   
    
     BLERS (Fig. 53). 
     
     Small birds, length generally under & 
     
     6'00, but in four species 6‘504'50, l .r I 
     
    
   
   
    
     with. as a rule, brightly colored , FIG.53.