KEY TO FAMILIKS. — LAND HIWDS. 



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Feet, syndaotylc; t()o>:, four, tlu' middle niid oiitrr om-s joined, hejtij; f:mteiird toi^i-tlMT lor 

 more than halt' tlioir leuirth. 



Family ALCEDINID/E. Kingfishers. 



See pai^e 189. 



First primary, much shorter than second, always less than three fourths as long 

 as third ; I'ouith. <)r lil'tli i)riniary, loniiest ; bill, stout and stroiii;- : tlu,' nostrils, i-oncealed liy 

 coarse, hair-iil^e leathers; outer tail feathers, shorter than middle feathers. 



360 ^S^ 



Family CORVID/E. Subfamily UARRULIN/E. Jays. 



See page 20!). 



First primary, never less than three fourths as long as third; Iiase of I)ill, extend- 

 ing l)aek\vard, formiuu; a point, dividing the feat/iers of the forehead; nostrils, exjjosed ; outer 

 tail feathers, shorter than middle feathers. 



Family ICTERID/E. Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadow Larks. 



.See page 213. 



