Subfamily Mimina
- THRASHERS, MOCKINGBIRDS, and CATBIRDS.
Length 8.00-12.00; tarsus scaled; tail rounded, the outer feathers at least half an inch shorter than the middle ones, third to fifth primary longest, the first about half as long, p. 376.
Subfamily Troglodytinæ. - WRENS.
Length 4.00-6.00; bill moderate, the upper mandible slightly curved, no bristles at its base; third to fourth primary longest, first about half as long; tail short and rounded; brown or brownish birds with indistinctly barred wings and tail, p. 376.
Family 13. Motacillida.-WAGTAILS and PIPITS (Fig. 54).
No bristles over the nostrils; bill slender, much as in the preceding; hind toe-nail much lengthened, as long as or longer than the toe; first three primaries of equal length, p. 375. d C b a / 2 b FIG. 55.
FIG. 56.
Family 15. Certhiida. -CREEPERS (Fig. 56).
Bill slender and much curved; tailfeathers pointed and slightly stiffened, p. 385.
KEY TO FAMILIES.
Family 16. Parida. - NUTHATCHES and TITMICE (Fig. 57).