134 



TilK Kli:i>s oi EASTERN \<i:TII \Mil:i' \. 



Part 2. Upper mandible without notch or hook at tip. 



.1. P.ill. :i< illu-irat.il: hack, gray or bluish jrrav ; 

 bill, over .50; ix>-tril-, rnuo-ali-il l.y l.ri-tly lull-: tar-u-. 

 i' ; tail Iratlirr-. nnt -tiil'iir pn'mti-il. 



Family PARID/E. 



Subfamily SITTIN/E. Nuthatches. 



Se< ; gi ; ir. 





.1.1, 



J. r.ill. RS illu-tr.il.-.l; back, bluish gray ; bill, 

 than .50;-i/''. -m:ill: Icn.irlh, !-- lli.m ."...Ml: lir-l |n iinarv . 

 v, ,v abort. Family SYLVI1D 1 .. 



Subfamily POLIOPTILIN^i. (inatcatchers. 



See p iu :!-n. 





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u{.) Hill, a- illnsi rat cil ; throat, black ; nostriU, concealed 

 li\ lull - ol 'iri~l ly Irai IHT-. 



Family PARID.li. Chickadees, Titmice. 552 



S< e pa-.- 318. 



I'.ill. a- illu-irali il : back, brown m- brown streaked; tail feathers, not sharp 

 pointed; outer tail feathers, shortest ; tarsus, scutellate ; i'n-t priuiar\. -hmi. 



\Vni . 



Family TR(MiLOI>YTID.l-:. \\ rens. 



See '-I 



l;ill. M illn-irair.l: back, streaked; tail 

 feathers, stiffened and sharply pointed. 



Creeper. 

 Family CHRTHIII),!:. Creepers. 



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