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THE BIRDS OF KASTKHV \OKTII AMKKICA. 



Hill, small, flattened, and somewhat triangular in shape, the irape very wide; win::-, verv 



loii-. u-u:illy exiendiiii;- hi yond the tail, i < 'hini- 

 ncy Swift-, which belong to a very diM'eivin 

 family, are oftCU mistaken I'nr S\\ allows \\hen 

 -en llyiiii; about : they are smoky Mack and 

 the Shafts Of the tail feather-! extend in -pines 

 beyond the webs. See next Family.) 

 S\valli'\\ 



s\vall<>\\ . 



Martin. 

 Family H1RUND1NID/E. Swallows and Martinr 



See ia^' 



riuma^e. smoky black; sliafts of tail feathers, extending beyond the web in sharp spines. 

 Sunn-limes mistaken for Swallows by persons unfamiliar with birds. 



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Family MICROPODID/E. Swifts. 



See 



Hi'.). 



Fir-t primary, aliout half as lon^ as tliinl; 

 feet, /y^odaclyle floes, two iii front, l\vo be- s^~ 

 liindi: outer tail feather-, very much shorter 

 I ban middle leal her-. 



Family CUCULIU/E. Cuckoos. 



