REY TOM BAMIEIES. 
LAND BIRDS. 
GROUP 1. 
Birds having wings less than 1.75 inches long.* 
Smallest of our birds; bill, very slender ; 
= eee ds) 
ss" oprimaries, 10; rectices, 10; feet, very small and 
weak. 
Family TROCHILIDAZ. Humming Birds, 
See page 199. 
re ‘ (2.) Tail, rounded; the outer feathers, shorter than mid- 
5, >| dle ones: first primary, less than two thirds as long as third: ‘ 
i b] . oD tS 538 = 
Soren eee, second primary, much shorter than third; tarsus, scutelate. 
Family TROGLODYTID4E. Wrens, Thrashers, etc. 
Subfamily TROGLODYTINAE. Wrens. 
See page 312. 
GROUP 2. 
Birds having wings from 1.75 to 2.75 inches long.* 
Section 1. First primary, less than half as long as third. 
Part 1. Tip of upper mandible, with small but distinct hook or notch. 
(1.) ‘Toes, joined at base. Plain colored birds, usually greenish or grayish, but often 
show a faint wash of yellow on underparts; tail, always without white spots 
. an 478 
Family VIREONIDAZ. Vireos. 
See page 171. 
measurement, see page viil. 
(133) 
* For directions for 
