. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species, and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations ... . Fig. 40. Order XVI. Macrochires*—Goatsuckers, Swifts, and very small and weak; bill short and small and mouth large, or billlong and exceedingly slender and mouth small; wings generally long andpointed. A. Size comparatively large; plumage variegated, black and brown;middle toe-nail with a comblike edge. . Family Caprimulgidai:Nighthawks, Whip-poor-wills, etc. (Fig. 38), p. 236. B. Size medium; plumage sooty black
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species, and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations ... . Fig. 40. Order XVI. Macrochires*—Goatsuckers, Swifts, and very small and weak; bill short and small and mouth large, or billlong and exceedingly slender and mouth small; wings generally long andpointed. A. Size comparatively large; plumage variegated, black and brown;middle toe-nail with a comblike edge. . Family Caprimulgidai:Nighthawks, Whip-poor-wills, etc. (Fig. 38), p. 236. B. Size medium; plumage sooty black; no comb on the middle toe-nail ; tips of the tail-feathers with spines. . Family Micropodida:Swifts (Fig. 39), p. 239. C. Size very small; upper parts shining green; bill long and . Family Trochilidce: Hummingbirds (Fig. 40), p. 240. KEY TO FAMILIES. 51. Order XVII. Passeres.—Percliing Birds : Flycatch-ers, Blackbirds, Javs, Orioles, Sparrows, Finches,Swallows, Vireos, Warblers, Wrens, Thrushes, four, without webs, all on the same level; hind toeas large as the middle one, its nail generally longer thanthat of the middle one; tail of twelve feathers,y [The following synoptical table of the charactersof the eighteen familieswhich we have in thisorder seems more satis-factory than an artificial ^^^•^ /^— Fig. 41. Family 1. Tyrannidce,.—Flycatchers (Fig. 42). Bill wider than high at the base,slightly hooked at the tip ; basewith conspicuous bristles; wingslonger than the tail, the second tofourth primaries longest, the firstbut little shorter and generallyequal to the fifth or sixth; back oftarsus rounded^ like the front ;plumage generally olive-green orgrayish; tail, except in the King-bird, without white spots, p. 242.
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