SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 



BROWN THRASHEpv 



HOUSE WREN. 



Family 63. WRENS, THRASHERS, ETC. TROGLODYTID^E. 



Tarsus scaled; tail rounded, the outer feathers being shortest; third to fourth primary 

 longest, the outer half as long; bill in Thrashers often decurved, its base with bristles; 

 in Wrens, bill without bristles; brown or grayish inhabitants of lower gro-vth. 



BROWN CREEPER. 



Family 64. CREEPERS. CERTHIID^E. 



Bill slender and much decurved; tail usually pointed and stiffened. 



CHICKADEE. 



RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



Family 65. NUTHATCHES AND TITS. PARID^E. 



Fourth or fifth primary longest; first an inch or less in length. Chickadees (sub- 

 family Parin^} have a short, stout bill, the nostrils covered with bristles; the tail is 

 rather long and rounded. Nuthatches (subfamily Stttina) have a long, slender bill, 

 short, square tail, and large feet. 



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