Tin; r,n;i OF N"UTI! AMKKH A BAST "\ Till-; 



MNKTIKTIl MKIMDI AY 



KEY TO ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 

 TIIK WATKK HIKD8. 



; tail very short 



Fm. 5. 



Order I. Py^opodes. GKEBES, Looxs, and AUKS. 



I)ii-klikc hird.s with ^cm-rally sharply |x>intfd I'ill* ; frrt \vi-l. U-<1, placed 

 tar l>a<-k n<-ar the tuil ; tarsus much thitinu-.l ; hind \.v. ulu-n prenent, 

 with * II>!H- i.r llap; hill without t.ithlikc 

 and "ii'i-tiiiii-s ;i|.|>;ir. nilv wanting. 



A. Tocti four, tipit-d with a hnmd nail. 



a, Toca with lohatv welw. . , . Family 



(iirKiiKs . Kit'. ", /', p. 56. 

 4. Toes wi'hliril. . . . Family l'riinit<>ri>l<r: 

 6, 6), p. 58. 



B. Toc thrt-v, tip|K-d with a nharp nail. . . . Family 



Mi KKK.X, and I'l KUNS ( Fit'. 5, <), p. 60. 



I\*lcipidai 

 I.>K- 



Order U. Longipennaa. JAEGER*, 



.id TERNS. 



liinU with sharply pi>iriti-<l an<l fn-<|in ntly 

 hooked or hawklike hill.*; t<><- t 



ii one irciii. fn>nt ones 



webbed ; wings long and pointed. 

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Ki, 0. 



