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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN' NORTH AMERICA. 



Upper plumage, ashy gray ; la<al portion of primaries \vhiti\ forming a 

 white wing patch ; umlrrpart<, a-liy white, without streaks. 



Mocking-bird. 



Jf 1)11 'IS IHlllHltlt 



SM- NO. :>:w. 



Entire upper plumage, rufous brown ; 



tmdiTparts, Imfly \\hitc, streaked with 

 dark lirown: \\ini; mvcrts. tipped witli 

 \\liitc: tail, more than four inches 

 long. 



Brown Thrush. 



Brown Thrasher. 



lfarj><irli>in<-lt nx rnl'n 

 See No. 535. 



ISruwii Tlinir.il. 



FAMILY CERTHIID^E. 



Creepers. 



Bill, slender and decurved ; tail feathers, stiff and pointed ; nostrils, 

 exposed ; tarsus, scutellate ; first primary, very short. But one species 

 occurs in Eastern North America a small bird; wing, less than three 

 inches; length, less than six inches. 



Tail feathers, stiff and pointed; bill, curved; upper parts, stivakrd: umlrr- 



-, \\liitc-; rump, dull rufous hrowu. Brown Creeper. 



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