. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . Bill not hooked at Nasal feathers erect or inclined back-ward (except Genus Oroscoptes, inwhich the first primary is not half aslong as second) . Troglodytidee:Wrens, Thrashers, Mocking-birds, and Catbirds, p. Nasal feathers pointing forward overbill. 7. Large ; wing more than 4. Corvidae : Crovrs, Jays,Magpies, etc., p. 269. Small, wing less than 2. Paridae : Nuthatches and Tits (Genus Chamcea : Wren-tits), p. 452. Fig. 172. Fig. 173. 4. First pri
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . Bill not hooked at Nasal feathers erect or inclined back-ward (except Genus Oroscoptes, inwhich the first primary is not half aslong as second) . Troglodytidee:Wrens, Thrashers, Mocking-birds, and Catbirds, p. Nasal feathers pointing forward overbill. 7. Large ; wing more than 4. Corvidae : Crovrs, Jays,Magpies, etc., p. 269. Small, wing less than 2. Paridae : Nuthatches and Tits (Genus Chamcea : Wren-tits), p. 452. Fig. 172. Fig. 173. 4. First primary notmore than half ras long as Tarsus not divided intoplates except near *«^«- Fig. 174. 6. Tail abnormally short; plumage slategray. Ciiiclidae: Dippers, p. Tail normally long; plumage greenor Small, wing less than ; plum-age greenish, Sylviidae: King-lets, Gnatcatchers, etc.{Genus Regulus : Kinglets), p. Large: wing more than 3; plum-age brown or : Thrushes, p. GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, QUAILS, ETC. 113 5. Tarsus divided intoplates. Fig. Bill slightly hooked or notched at Small; wing 8. Upper parts greenish or grayish ; tail even. Vireonidae: Vireos, p. 394. Upper parts bluish; tail gradu-pted Sylviidae : Kinglets,Gnatcatchers, etc.(Genus Polioptila: Gnat-catchers), p. Large : length to 9. 8. Head crested . Ampelidae:Wax-wings andPhainopeplas, p. Head not crested. Troglodytidag : Wrens, Thrashers, etc. {Genus Oroscoptes: Sage Fig. 179. Thrashers, p. 433. 6. Bill not hooked at tip. 7. Tail feathers stiff, pointed at : Creepers, p. 451. 7. Tail feathers normal (except GenusChamcea, in which the first pri-mary is more than half as long as second) Paridge: Fig. 182. Fig 183. Nuthatches and Tits, p. 452.
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