. The warblers of New England . , in the strictly nocturnal Goatsuckers that I have examined. In the Sprrrowsand Finches they are present in some genera and absent in others. Notwithstandingthe variation shown in this last mentioned family, the absence or presence of thesetufts appears to be sufficiently constant in the other families mentioned to prove ofsome value in determining the origin and relationship of birds having rictal the present case this character is mentioned to show that, although the PaintedWarblers possess nearly or quite as fully developed rictal liristles as do
. The warblers of New England . , in the strictly nocturnal Goatsuckers that I have examined. In the Sprrrowsand Finches they are present in some genera and absent in others. Notwithstandingthe variation shown in this last mentioned family, the absence or presence of thesetufts appears to be sufficiently constant in the other families mentioned to prove ofsome value in determining the origin and relationship of birds having rictal the present case this character is mentioned to show that, although the PaintedWarblers possess nearly or quite as fully developed rictal liristles as do the true Fly- PLATE
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