134 THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Part 2. Upper mandible without notch or hoolc at tip. 



(1.) Bill, as illustrated; back, gray or bluish gray; 

 bill, over .50 ; Bostrils, couccaled by bristly tufts ; tarsus, 

 scutellate ; tail feathers, not stiff or pointed. 

 Family PARID^. 

 Subfamily SITTIN/B. Nuthatches. 

 See page 317. 



(2.) Bill, as Illustrated; back, bluish gray; bill, less ; a^^ ' 



than .50 ; size, small; length, less than 5.50; first piini:irv, i _^^^1 I 



very short. Family SYLVIID/E. \y "^ J^ 



Subfamily POLIOPTILIN/E. Gnatcatchers. "" /-—J 



See i)ag e 320. 



(3.) Bill, as illustrated ; throat, black ; nostrils, concoaled 

 by tufts of bristly feathers. 



Family PARID/E. Chickadees, Titmice. 552 



See page 31 S. 



(4.) Bill, as illustrated; back, brown or brown streaked; tail feathers, not sharp 



pointed; outer tail feathers, shortest ; tarsus, seutellatc; first priniai-y, short. 



Wren. Uill of Wrun. 



Family TROGLODYTID/E. Wrens. 



See page 312. 



(5.) Bill, as illustrated; b^ck, streaked; tail 

 feathers, stiffened and sharply pointed. 



Creeper. 



Family CERTHIID/E. Creepers. 



Sec piige 316. 



