KEY TO FAMILIES. LAND BIRDS. 



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Section 3. Upper mandible, not notched and hooked at tip. 



Part 1. First primary less than one half as long as third. 



Toes, four, two iu Irout and two beliiud; or toes, tlirce, two in iroat and cue behind; tail 

 fiatliiTs, stiff (iwl pointed. (If tail feathers are not stiff and pointed, see Xuthatclies, next 

 family.) Order PICK Woodpeckers. Family PICID/C. Woodpeckers. 



See page V.)i). 



I'.ili, as illustrated; nostrils, concealed hy bristly tufts; 

 tarsus, scutellate; first primary, verj' short; tail feathers, 

 not still" ;ind iK)inted. (If tail featliers are stiff and pointed, 

 look for the l»ird under Kaniily I'icida'O 

 Family PARID/E. 

 Subfamily SITTIN/C. Nuthatches. 

 See page 317. 



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I'.ili, as illustrated; nostrils, coiiccMhMl liy bristly tufts of h:Mr-]il«' 

 rcathcr^; lirst primary, short ; foreliead, lilack; back, gray : head, witli 

 more or less crest; sides of body, washed with brown (Tuflt'.! Titmouse). 



Family PARID/C. Titmice. 

 See page '.UX. 



Fir-I priniMiy, about one li;ilf as long !is 

 I bird; feet, zygodactyle (tors, two in front, 

 two bfliind); outer t:iil fe.itbers, vi-ry miicb 

 sliorter Ih.in niiddb- fe.it her-:. 



Family CUCULID/E. Cuckoos 



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