. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. KEY TO THE FAMILIES OF BIRDS 45 no distinct squarish scales, except near the toes (a very young bird of this group will show scutella, hut they are gradually fused together as the bird grows older) — — Wing, 1\ or less long II. Kinglets. — Wing, 3 or more long I. Thrushes, etc. (J. Tarsus (scutellate) covered with a row of rectangular scales in front and behind ;16 wing, 7-9 long; tail, 9-11 long. .XXXII. Curassows.) J. Tarsus (scutellate) covered with dis
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. KEY TO THE FAMILIES OF BIRDS 45 no distinct squarish scales, except near the toes (a very young bird of this group will show scutella, hut they are gradually fused together as the bird grows older) — — Wing, 1\ or less long II. Kinglets. — Wing, 3 or more long I. Thrushes, etc. (J. Tarsus (scutellate) covered with a row of rectangular scales in front and behind ;16 wing, 7-9 long; tail, 9-11 long. .XXXII. Curassows.) J. Tarsus (scutellate) covered with distinct rectangular scales only along the 17 (K.) K. Bill stout, compressed, distinctly notched and hooked at tip ; nostrils and rictus with bristles ;8 18 no crest — — Wing,'2-3 £ long VIII. Vireos. — Wing, 3^ or more long IX. Shrikes. K. Bill, if hooked at tip, having the nostrils without bristles extending over them ; in most species the bill is not hooked. (L.) L. Tail feathers acute-pointed and somewhat stiff;19 bill slender and decurved;x back mottled brown ; belly white IV. Creepers. L. Tail feathers rounded at tip and the outer ones white; bill slender and somewhat notched at tip ; back bluish-gray ; belly white ; wing, 2-2£ long II. Gnatcatchers. L. Not as above, but with the tail feathers rounded at tip and soft. (M.) M. Bill long and stout; nostrils covered with bristly feathers20 (ex- cepting a western, dull, blue-colored jay); large birds, 10-25 XVI. Crows, etc. M. Bill rather slender; culmen more or less curved ; nasal feathers not directed forward over the nostrils ; tail rounded ; either small birds, 4-61 long, with barred quills,21 or large birds, 8-12 long, with quills not barred V. Mocking Birds, Wrens, Thrashers, etc. M. Bill neither notched at tip nor much decurved ; nostrils concealed by dense tufts of bristly feathers ; small birds, 4-7 long III. Nuthatches, etc. M. Bill with the culmen about straight; wings about 5 long; tail
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