‘( KEY TO 1“Al\'llLllCS. U! L Family 1"». limit/«.7 Nl'l'llATl'IH-ZS and TITMH'E 11%;. :37). Suhtinnily Nit/[mu *Xl"l'll.\'l'l'lIl-I.~‘. llill ruthur lung and rlclltlcl’, the end of the lower mandible slanting slightly upward; wings long und pointed, the third ur tivnrth prinmry the longest. the first Very snmll, not an ineh in length; tuil short and Niuure, the outer feathers hletehed with white, p. 356. Suht'zunily I‘arimr.—TITMICE. Length 4'50-6‘50: hill short, stout. and rounded, less than half an inch in length ; fourth or fifth prinmry longest, first very short, not more than one third as long; tail rather long, dull ashy gray without white blotehes, p. 389. Family 17. Sylriz'rliv.—I\'INGLET5 and GNA'J‘C mes (Fig. 58'). Length 36075.00; hill slender, re— sembling that of some \Varblers, but the first prinmt‘y is very short, only about one third as long as the longest, 1!. 31'1. FIG. 58. Family 1\‘. Turf/131:7). — 'l'nnt‘smis, BLI'EBIRDS, ('h'. tl“l\_ Length mmwr501hill mod— -'-rute. the, tip of the upper :nundihle notched; tarsus smooth, the scales, if any, :‘used and indistinct, tail square: wings long and pointed. 3-7:") or over, third primary the longmt, the first very short, less than me inch in length, p. 3%.