X GENERAL INDEX 



CREEPERS. 



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Bill arched, slender, somewhat triangular, pointed; 

 tongue various, generally pointed; feet formed for walk- 

 ing. 



Brown Creeper, {Certhia familiaris) , . i. 122 



Black and white C. (C. maculata) . . . iii. 23 

 Great Carolina Wren, (C. Caroliniana) . . ii. 61 

 Marsh Wren^ (C. palustris) . . . iii. 58 



HUMMING BIRD. 



Bill subulate, filiform, tubular at the tip, longer than 

 the head, upper mandible sheathing the lower; tongue 

 filiform, the two threads coalescing, tubular; feet formed 

 for walking. 



Ruby-throated Humming-bird, [Trochilus colubris) . ii. 26 



STARLING. 



Bill subulate, angular, depressed, bluntish; the up- 

 per mandible entire, somewhat open at the edges ; nos- 

 trils surrounded with a prominent rim ; tongue notched, 

 pointed. 



Red-winged Starling, [Sturnus pradatorius) , iv. SO 



THRUSHES. 



Bill straightish, the upper mandible a little bending 

 and notched near the point ; nostrils naked, or half co- 

 vered with a small membrane; mouth ciliate, with a few 

 bristles at the corners ; tongue jagged. 



