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KF.V TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Upper plumap:e, ashy gray ; l):i-<iil portion of priiii:irii'-i. white, foiniin;; a 

 white wing; patch ; umlerparts, asliy white, witliout streaks. 



Mocking°bird. 



Mimiis pohjiihAtos. 

 See No. 533. 



Entire upper plumage, rufous brown ; 



iiuderparts, l)uffy white, streaked with 

 (lark brown ; w iiiij coverts, tipped witli 

 more than four inches 



white: tail, 

 long. 



Brown Thrush. 

 Brown Thrasher. 



Uarpiirhijnch us rufous 

 See No. 535. 



ISrowii Tliruhl 



FAMILY CERTHIID^E. 



Creepers. 



Bill, slender and decurved ; tail feathers, stiff and pointed; nostrils, 

 exposed; tarsus, scutellate ; first primary, very short. But one species 

 occurs in Eastern North America — a small bird; wing, less than three 

 inches; length, less than six inches. 



Tall feathers, stiff and pointed ; bill, curved ; upper parts, streaked ; uiidcr- 

 paris, wliite; niiiip, dull rulou.s l)ruwn. Brown Creeper. 



Certhia famiUaris a)ni'ricnna. 

 See No. 540. 



