SvNOPSis OF Orders and Families. 



Family 42. KINGFISHERS. ALCEUiNiD/t. 



L.e§s short; feet sninll; toes, three in front, nne behind; third and fourth toes join- 

 ed; biU, stout and long. 



Order XV, Woodpeckers. PICI. 



(1 family, 24 species, 22 subspecies.) 

 Climbing: birds with stout, pointed bills, .bristly nostrils, pointed, 

 stitlened ttiil feathes, strong feet and nails; two toes in front and two 

 behind, except in /*/cc/(/^j, which has two in"front and one behind. 

 Prevailing colors, black and white, the males usually with red on the 

 crown. 



FOOT OF THREE-TOED 

 WOODPECKER. 



PILEATED WOODPECKER. 



Family 43. WOODPECKERS. PlciD^. 

 Characters the same as those of the Order. 



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