SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 
BROWN THRASHER. HOUSE WREN. 
Family 63. WRENS, THRASHERS, ETC. TROGLODYTIDA. 
Tarsus scaled; tail rounded, the outer feathers being shortest; third to fourth primary 
longest, the outer half as long; bill in thrashers often decurved, its base with bristles; 
in Wrens, bill without bristles; brown or grayish inhabitants of lower growth. 
BROWN CREEPER. 
Family 64. CREEPERS. CERTHIIDA. 
Bill slender and much decurved; tail usually pointed and stiffened. 
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CHICKADEE. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 
Family 65. NUTHATCHES AND TITS. PARIDA. 
Fourth or fifth primary longest; first an inch or less in length. Chickadees (sub- 
family Parzne) have a short, stout bill, the nostrils covered with bristles; the tail is. 
rather long and rounded. Nuthatches (subfamily Sittin) have a long, slender bill, 
short, square tuil, and large feet. 
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