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VERTEBRATA. 



Dendrocolaptidce. Geositta. 



DBNTIROSTRES. Bill slenderly conical, the upper mandible 

 notched or toothed, sometimes hooked at the tip. 



Mostly worm- or insect-feeders, a few preying on birds and 

 small mammals, or on berries, the insects frequently taken on 

 the wing. 



Our best-known songsters nightingale, thrush, blackcap, &c. 

 belong to this group. 



