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worm-shaped, very long, bony, missile, daggered, beset at 

 the point with bristles bent back; tail feathers ten, hard, 

 rigid, pointed; feet climbers. 



Ivory -billed Woodpecker, (Picus principalis) . iv. 20 



Vile^tedW. {P, pileatus) . . . . . iv. 27 



Gold- winged W. (P. auratus) . . . . i. 45 



Red-headed W. (P. erythrocephalus) . . . i. 142 



Hairy W. (P. villosus) . . . . . . i. 150 



Jiowny {P, pubescens) . . . . . i. 153 



Yellow-bellied W. (P. varius) i. 147 



Red'Cockaded W, (P. querulus) .... iv. 103 



Z^wi/^ (P. torquatus) ..... iii. 31 



Red-bellied W. (P. Carolinus) . . . . i. 113 

 Greater Spotted W. (P. major) .... 



NUTHATCHES. 



Bill subulate, roundish, straight, entire; upper man- 

 dible a little longer, compressed and angular at the tip; 

 tongue jagged, short, horny at the tip; nostrils small, 

 covered with bristles; feet formed for walking; hind toe 

 long. 



White-breasted Nuthatch, {Sitta Carolinensis) . . i. 40 

 Red-bellied N. [S. varia) . . . . . i. 43 

 Brown-headed N. [S. pusilla) . . . . ii. 105 



KINGSFISHER. 



Bill triangular, thick, straight, long, pointed; tongue 

 fleshy, very short, flat, pointed; feet (in most) gressorial. 



Belted Kingsfisher, [Alcedo alcyon) . . . iii. 59 



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