CONTENTS. 



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GENERAL INTRODUCTION .T.;.7.7. iii 



PREFACE 3 



INTRODUCTION 7 



I. PHYSICAL FEATURES or THE STATE : 7 



The Lake Shore District 10 



The Prairies 13 



The Southern Bottom Lands 17 



Climate 1!) 



II. CHAEACTEEISTIC FEATURES OF THE AVIFAUNA OF THE STATE 2 1 



Position with regard to Faunal Provinces or Districts 3 ) 



Migrations 31 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 36 



BIRDS OF ILLINOIS 43 



ANALYSIS OF HIGHER GROUPS 44 



Order PASSERES The Passerine Birds 47 



Family Turdidae (The Thrushes), 49. Family Sylviidae (The Warblers), 72. Family 



-Paiidae (The Titmice and Nuthatches), 78. Family Certhiidae (The Creepers), 



86. Family Troglodytidaa (The Wrens and Mocking-Thrushes), 88. Family 



Motacillidae (The Wagtails and Pipits), 109. Family Mniotiltidse (The American 



Warblers), 113. Family Vireonidae (The Vireos), 179. Family Laniidse (The 



Shrikes), 192. Family Ampelidae (The Waxwings), 198. Family Hirundinidaa 



(The Swallows), 203. Family Tanagridse (The Tanagers), 214. Family Fiingil- 



. lidte (The Finches), 219. Family Icteridae (The American Orioles), 305. Family 



Corvidae (The Crows and Jays), 329. Family Alaudidre (The Larks), 336. 



Family Tyrannidse (The Tyrant Flycatchers), 341. 



Order MACROCHIRES The Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbirds 358 



Family Trochilidae (The Hummingbirds), 359. Family Micropodidae (The Swifts), 

 363. Family Caprimulgidae (The Goatsuckers), 366. 



Order PICI The Woodpeckers, etc 371 



Family Picidas (The Woodpeckers), 371. 



Order COCCYGES The Cuckoos, etc ,.,. 389 



Family Alcedinidas (The Kingfishers), 389. Family Cuculidas (The Cuckoos), 392. 



Order PSITTACI The Parrots, etc 396 



Family Psittacidae (The Par: ots), 396. 



