KEY TO FAMILIES. LAND BIRDS. 



145 



Feet, syndactyle; toes, four, tlie middle and outer ont-s joined, bein^ fastened together for 

 more than half tlieir length. 



Family ALCEDINID/E. Kingfishers. 



See page 189. 



First primary, much shorter than second, always less than three fourths as long 

 as third; foiii-lli, or liflli primary, longest; bill, stout and strong: the nostrils, eonceiiled by 

 coars<>, li:iir-lik<> teatliei-s; outer tail feathers, .shorter than middle leathers. 



■firi: 



360 ^^ 



Family CORVID/E. Subfamily (iARRULlN/E. Jays. 



See page 209. 



First primary, never less than three fourths as long as third; base of ])ill, cxieiid- 

 ing backward, lorming a point, dividing tlu^ fe.-itiiers of the longhead; nostrils, exposed; outer 

 tail featliers shorter than middle feathers. 



383"Xy 



Family iCTERll>.43. Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadow Larks. 



See \v.vx^' -JLt. 



