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(2) Rictal ))nstles present ; size 



medium ; plumage mainly glossy 

 black. 



(3) No rictal bristles ; size medium . . 



Eulabetidie 

 (Grackles) 



Sturnidas 



(Mynahs and 

 Starlings) 



(e) Plumage of nestling normally streaked 

 or scaly -patterned. 



(1) Nostrils covered by horizontal 



hairs ; size variable ; legs and 

 feet weak. 



(2) Nostrils not covered by horizontal 



hairs ; size medium ; legs and 

 feet fairly stout. 



B.— Wing with either nine or ten primaries ; 

 edges of mandibles not serrated ; 

 hinder part of tarsus smooth ; bill 

 conical, the nostrils pierced within 

 line of forehead and closer to the ridge 

 of the bill than to the cutting edges. 



(1) With ten primaries, the first 



small ; size small or very 

 small. 



(2) With nine primaries, the first 



and second nearly equal ; 

 size small . 

 C. — Wing with nine primaries, the first and 

 second nearly equal ; edges of man- 

 dibles not serrated ; hinder part of 

 tarsus smooth ; bill not conical. 



(1) Wings long and pointed ; in 



the folded wing the longest 

 secondaries fall far short 

 of the tips of the primaries. 



(2) In the folded wing the longest 



secondaries reach almost to 

 the tips of the primaries. 



Muscicapidas 

 (Flycatchers) 



Turdid^ 

 (Thrushes) 



Ploceidse 

 (Weaver Bird 

 family) 

 Fringillidae. 

 (Finches and 

 Sparrows) 



Hirundinidai 

 (Swallows) 



3Ioiacillidie 

 (Wagtails and 

 Pipits) 



