LAND BIRDS. 



KEY TO FAMILIES. 



* GROUP 1. Birds having wings less than 1.75 inches long. 



Smallest of our birds; bill, very slender; primaries, 10; rectices, 

 10 ; feet, very small and weak. 



Family TROCHILID^E. Humming Birds. 



See page 169. 



- Tail, rounded; the outer feathers, shorter 



~"^H than middle ones; first primary, less than 



two thirds as long as third; second primary, 



much shorter than third; tarsus, scutellate. 



Family TROGLODYTID^E. Wrens. 

 See page 262. 



* 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. 



Toes, joined at base. Plain colored birds, usually greenish or 

 grayish, but often show a faint wash of yellow on under parts; tail, 

 always without white spots. 



Family VIREONID^E. Vireos. 



See page 227. 



*For directions for measurement, see page 21. 

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