CONTENTS. Vll 



EUROPEAN LARKS. 



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SKY LARK 91 



WOOD LARK ....... 94 



RICE BIRD, OR BOBOLINK ... 95 



RED-WINGED STARLING .... .99 



EUROPEAN STARLING ...... 102 



GREAT AMERICAN SHRIKE, OR BUTCHER BIRD . . 103 



CEDAR WAXWING ...... 100 



BLUE JAY ........ 109 



THE MAGPIE . . . . . . . 112 



EUROPEAN JAY .... .114 



CAROLINA PARROT .... 115 



EUROPEAN SISKIN FINCH ... . 117 



SOUTH AMERICAN, ASIATIC, AND AFRICAN 



BIRDS. 



ORIOLES ...... 119 



ICTERUS ORIOLE, OR TROOPIAL ..... 119 



CACIQUE ORIOLE . . . 121 



EED-RUMFED ORIOLE . 121 



BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE . . . 122 



CRESTED DOMINICAN GROSSBEAK . . 123 



MINO BIRD .... 124 



JAVA FINCH, OR SPARROW . . . 126 



BROAD-SHAFTED WIDAH FINCH ". 128 



CRIMSON-COLLARED WIDAH ... . 130 



RED-BILLED WIDAH .... 130 



AMANDAVA, OR AVODAV1NE FINCH . . 131 



SENEGAL FINCH, OR SPICE BIRD . . . 132 



