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KEY TO BIRDS 
19, Bill very slender and awl-shaped. 
Exceedingly minute birds. 
Hummingbirds 
Figure 41 
.... p. 273 
o, Feet, medium-sized or small, but not 
noticeably weak, flabby, or loose 
jointed. Legs covered with scales 
or plates. 
20, Two toes in front, either one 
or two directed backwards. 
Bill chisel-shaped at tip. 
Woodpeckers 
Figure 42 
p. 277 
21, Three toes in front; hind toe as well 
developed and as long as middle toe ; 
claw on hind toe usually as long as, 
or longer than, that on middle toe. 
Perchers 
Recognition Details of the Perchers 
Ear tufts and long hind toenail. 
Longspur and pipit (Figure 
61) only other species having 
latter feature. 
Horned Lark 
p. 297 
