xxiv Xt)RTir AMERICAN BIllDS. 



the li'lii,'lli of llu' laltcr; tip (brtiiod by sccciiul, tliird, 

 !iiiil lourlli iiuills; outer sccDiidiiry i'i'iicliiii|;' only 

 aliout two liiirds ■way to end of longest ]ii-iin:ify ; 

 spurious i|iiill very short. Tiii'si booted . . SftMCuUda: 



Xo.itrils ov.d. Drislles or bristly poinls uliont llio 

 iiioiitli. Wiiii;s iiioder:ile. not reaehiii;/. when tbldi'il. 

 beyond tlic middle ol' Ihe tiiil, mid not over one and 

 H third times as Ions;; us tiie latter; tipl'ornied by third 

 to sixth (|uill : outiT secondary reaehin};: in closed 

 winLi' three Iburlhs or more the lenulh oC the lonirest 

 prima.T. Spurious (piill louuer. someliines one halt' 

 the seeond. Tarsi senteUato in Minihin', booted in 



TiinliiHr . Turdidce. 



au. Outside of tarsus covered wi'' two series of sculella, — one lapping; en- 

 tirely around in li'oul, the other entirely around lieliind. and uieclinu- at a 

 j;roovL' on the inside; hind ed;^i' blunt. Kirsl primary spurious or apparently 

 wanting. Hind elaw nuieh lenglhened. scarcely ciu'vcd. Nostrils with 

 antrorse liristly feathers. Bill conico-elougate ..... Ahiiidida:. 



B. Clamatores. Outside of tarsus covered with ii series of plates variously 

 airaiiged. iapiiing entiiely around in front and behind, to moot at ii groove on 

 the inner side. 



First primai-y lengthened, often longest, at least over two thinls as long as the 

 longest. Kill bi-oad at the base, luuch depressed, tapering to a line point, which 

 is abrii[)lh' drcur\c<l; culmen rounded or llalteiied ; gonys llattened; commissure 

 straight, or nearly so, to the tip. Nostrils small, circular, basal; overhnng, but 

 not concealed by bristles. Mouth caiiacions, with broad and deeply lissured 

 rictii.s, bosel with numerous long strong bristles. Feet small, weak. Tail of 

 twelve feutliers Tijrannidce. 



Analysis lU- tin; Fa.mii.iks or PICARIiB. 



."^econilarios only six. 



Bill temiiroslral, longer than head, nearly cylindrical, (iape oonslrictod. 

 Ton.iruo liliform, oxtensile. lii-Iiibular. Wii'ys long in terminal jiortion, ab- 

 breviated proxiiually, acute. I'lumage ■impact, of metallic sheen. Si/e 



smallest of all liirds. (Ilniiiniing-Hirds,) 'J'rochilida: 



Srcoiidarics more than six. 



Feel sviidaclvle bv comiation of outer and middle toes. 



Ouler toe niuch longer than the inner, uniled for half its li'iigth with 

 the middli', fonuing a broad sole. Tiliia' nal<ed below. Bill longer 

 than head, straight, acute, with hard cutting edges and ample rictus. 

 Tiuigne rudiiucntiuy, lixed. Wings pointed, much longer than the short 

 scpiare tail. Tail-H'ati.crs twelve. I'lumage compact, oily. (King- 

 fishers.) Alredinkhv. 



Feet zygodactylc' by reversion of outer or fourth toe. 



Not scan.sorial; tail of eight or ten long soft featlier.s. Bill with de- 

 curved tip, not fitted for h.immeriug; rictus amph'. Tongue not ex- 

 tensile nor vermiform nor liarbed. Salivary glands and hyoidean appa- 

 ratus not peculiar, .No nasal Mills of feathers, .\rboreal and terrcstiial. 

 (f'uckoos.) Ciiniliilo'. 



' K\(V)iliiig f'iniii/.s, ill whi.h ilic true liiiid tuf (hidhiv) is wmitiiig; the outer or fourth too 

 hiiiig, lunvi'vcr, ivvcrscd ,is usual, and taking the place of the hind toe. 



