CONTENTS vii 



ORDER COCCYGES : CUCKOOS, ETC . 193 



Family Cuculidce : Anis, Road-runners, and Cuckoos . . . 193 

 Family Trog-onidas : Trogons . . . . . . .197 



Family Alcedinidae : King-fishers . . . . . . .198 



ORDER PICI : WOODPECKERS, ETC 200 



Family Picida3 : Woodpeckers ....... 200 



ORDER MACROCHIRES : GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS. AND HUMMINGBIRDS 222 



Family Caprimulg'idae : Goatsuckers ...... 222 



Family Micropodidae : Swifts 229 



Family Trochilidae : Humming-birds ...... 232 



ORDER PASSERES : PERCHING BIRDS 245 



Family Cotingidaa : Coting'as ....... 245 



Family Tyrannidae : Tyrant Flycatchers . . . 245 



Family Alaudidae : Larks . 205 



Family Corvidae : Crows. Jays, Mag-pies, etc 269 



Family Sturnidae : Starlings .... . 285 



Family Icteridae : Blackbirds, Orioles, etc 285 



Family Fringillidae : Finches, Sparrows, etc. . . . 303 



Family Tanagridae : Tanag-ers ... . 379 



Family Hirundinidae : Swallows ... . . 382 



Family Ampelidae : Waxwing-s and Phainopeplas . . 387 

 Family Laniidce : Shrikes ... .391 



Family Vireonidse : Vireos .... . 394 



Family Mniotiltidae : Wood Warblers ... . . 401 



Family Motacillidse : Wag-tails .... . 431 



Family Cinclidse : Dippers ... . 432 



Family Troglodytidaa : Wrens, Thrashers, etc. . . . 433 



Family Certhiidae : Creepers ... . 451 



Family Paridae : Nuthatches and Tits ... . 452 



Family Sylviidae : King-lets, Gnatcatchers, etc. .... 463 



Family Turdidse: Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds, etc. . 467 



APPENDIX. 



Color Key to Genera of some of the Common Passerine Birds . 479 



INDEX . 487 



