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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Upper plumage, ashy gray ; b;isal portion of primiu-iea, white, forming a 

 white wing patch ; uuderijarts, asliy white, without streaks. 



Mocking-bird. 



Mimus pohjfjloitos. 

 See No. 533. 



Entire upper plumage, rufous brown ; 



uuderparts, bully white, streaked with 

 dark brown ; wing coverts, tipped with 

 white; tail, more than four inches 

 long. 



Brown Thrush. 



Brown Thrasher. 



Ilarprirhynchus rvfous 

 See No. 535. 



Brown Tlirush- 



FAMILY CERTHIID^. 



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. 



Tail feathers, stiff and pointed; bill, curved; uppei paits, stieaked, uudei- 

 parts, white ; rump, dull rufous brown. Brown Creeper. 



C'erthia famiUaris aiiu-ricana. 

 See No. 54(i. 



