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Crown, back, and rump, dull 

 olive, or brownish olive; under 

 parts, buffy, or grayish, streaked 

 with brown on throat and sides; 

 outer tail feather, mostly white, 

 including the outer web; much 

 less white on second feather; hind 

 toe nail, usually as long as the 

 toe. Anthus rubescens. 



American Pipit. Titlark. 

 Sec No. 33 S. 



Family TROGLODYTI D^. Wrens. 



Small, plain-colored birds ; first primary, less than two-thirds as long 

 as third ; outer tail feathers, decidedly shorter than middle ones, vary- 

 ing from one-eighth to one-half inch or more shorter in different species ; 

 toes, not deeply cleft, the inner and middle toes being joined near the 

 base ; no noticeable rictal bristles. 



* GROUP 1. Wing, less than 3.25 inches long. 

 PART 1. The following species have the crown or upper back 



without white streaks or dots 



Outer tail feathers, broadly 



tipped and marked with grayish 



white. Thryomanes hewickii. 



Bewick's Wren. 



Thryomanes bewickii. oCC INO. 343' 



* For directions for measurement, see page 21. 



