Synopsis of Orders and Families. 



BROWN THRASHEP, 



HOUSE WREN 



Family 63. WRENS, THRASHERS, ETC. TrOGLODYTID>e. 



Tnrsu? scaled; tail rounded, the outer feathers beine; shortest; third to fourth primary 

 lonne-t, the outer half as long; bill in Thrashers olteii decurved, its ba»e witli bristles; 

 in Wrens, bill without bristles; brown or grayish inhabitants of lower gro-vth. 



BROWN CREEPER. 



Family 64. CREEPERS. CertH!1D/E. 



Bill slender and much decurved; tail usually pointed and stiffened. 



CHICKADEE 



RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



Family 65. NUTHATCHES AND TITS. PAR1D.«. 



Fourth or fifth primary longest; first an inch or less in length. Chickadees (sub- 

 family PanwtE) have a .'-hort, stout bill, the nostrils covered with bristles; the tail Is 

 rather long and rounded. Nutliatches fsubfamily SittituE) have a long, slender bill, 

 short, square tail, and large feet. 



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