29O KEY. 



II. WADING BIRDS. 



a, bill, not sharply pointed. 



1, legs and neck, very long; bill, bent downward ; 

 O, p. 144. 



2, wings, long and pointed; flight, swift; G, p. 59. 



3, wings, shorter; flight, slow with dangling legs; 

 M, p. 113. 



b, bill, not strongly curved ; size, large. 



1, head and neck, naked; J, p. 110. 



2, top of head only naked; K, p. 111. 



3, head, feathered; L, p. 112. 



c, bill, sharply pointed. 



1, neck, bent in flight; I, p. 100. 



d, bill, spoon-shaped or strongly curved. 



1, neck, held straight in flight; H, p. 98. 



III. LAND BIRDS. 



a, bill, short and thick ; feet, fitted for running. 



1, flight, sudden, swift, and noisy; P, p. 145. 



b, bill, weak. 



1, wings, long ; flight, swift and prolonged ; Q, p. 150. 



c, bill, strongly hooked. 



*, diurnal. 



1, head, without feathers ; R, p. 154. 



2, head, feathered ; colors, not bright ; S, p. 155. 



3, head, nearly feathered ; colors, bright ; T, p. 

 169. 



**, nocturnal. 



1, plumage, long and fluffy; U, p. 169. 



d, bill, somewhat curved. 



1, tail, long, rounded; V, p. 174. 

 , bill, chisel-shaped. 



1, tail, stiff; tree climbers; W, p. 176. 

 f, wings, long; plumage, soft. 



1, eyes, large* partly or wholly nocturnal ; X, p. 181. 



