KEY TO FAMILIES. LAND BIRDS. 



139 



Bill, slpnder; first primary, uot short, the, first, second and third, being about equal in 

 lengtli; hind toe and claw, longer than middle toe and claw ; hiud toe nail, long, ia this 

 somewliat rcsenibliug larks, but no tufts of liair-like featliers over nostrils. 



530 



Family MOTACILLID/E. Pipits, Titlarks, etc. 



See page 311. 



GROUP 4. 



Birds having wings from 3.25 to 9.50 inches long.* 

 Section 1. Bill, with strong hook; toes, armed with talons. 



l';yc<. unt siiriouiide.d by radial disk of featliers, as in the Owls; toes, aruieil with taloii'^: 

 head not bare. Family FALCONID/E. Hawks, Falcons, Kites, etc. 



See pai;i' ICli. 



Eyes, siirrouiidi'dby radiateil disk of feathers; plumage, soft; bill, hooked; toes, armed 

 with talons. 



u-*5''"'..-l] 



Family BUIiONID^;. Hoot Owls. Horned Owls. 



See page 186. 



For directions for ineiisureineiit, him- iiagc vili. 



