CONTENTS. 



Sub-Family GALBULIN^E ; JACAMARS 137 



Paradise Jacamar Galbula paradisea 137 



Great Jacamar Jacamerops graudis 139 



Family MEKOPIU^: ; BEE-EATERS 139 



Bee-Eater Merops apiaster 140 



Azure-Throated Bee-Eater Nyctiorras atherkmi 140 



Bullock's Bee-Eater Meliltophagus buUackii 141 



Trite TENUIROSTRES ; OR SLENDER-BILLED BIRDS 142 



Family UPUPID^K ; Sub-Family EPIMACIIIN.K : 



Rifle Bird Xeomorpka paradisea 142 



Superb Plume Bird Epimachus magnug 145 



Hull- Family UPUPIX.K : 



Hoopoe I'pupa epops 148 



Family PROMEROPID-E : 



Fiery-Tailed Sun-Bird Nectarinia metallica 151 



Dicseum Dicceum luruiulinaceum 154 



Azure Caereba Ccereba cyanea 155 



Scarlet Drepanis Drepards coccinea 156 



Family MELIPHAGID^E ; HONEY EATERS 157 



New Holland Honey - Eater Meliphaga rumce AoJ- 



landice 157 



Poe Bird Prosthemadera nome zeelandice 158 



Friar Bird Tropidorlu/itchus corniculatus 160 



Brush Wattle Bird Anthochaera carunculata 160 



Family TROCHILID^E ; HUMMIXG-BIRDS 161 



Ruby-Throated Humming-Bird Trochilus colubris. 162 



Sword-Bill Hummiug-Bird Docima-ftes ensifer 165 



Slender Shear-Tail Tltaumastura enicura 167 



Copper-Bellied Puff-Leg Eriocnemvs cupreiventris . . 167 



Fiery Topaz Topazapyra, or pvtta 168 



Racket- Tail Humming-Bird Discura longicauda. . . 169 

 White-Booted Racket-Tail Spatlmra undericoodii . 169 

 Columbian Thornbill Khompliomicron heteropogon. . 170 



Popelaire's Thorntail Oouldia popelarii 171 



Rufous Flame-Bearer Selaspkarus rufus 171 



Salle's Hermit Phauthornis auguxti 172 



Jacobin Huutming-Bird Florisuga mcllimra 173 



Linden's Helmet-Crest Oxypogon lindenii 173 



Angela Star-Throat Heliomaster angelae 174 



Sickle-Bill Humming-Bird Eulaieres aquila 175 



Mars Sun-Angel Heliangdus manors 175 



Spangled Coquette Lopliurnis regime 176 



Bolivia Violet- Ear Petasophora ioUita 178 



Sparkling-Tail Trypliana dupontii 178 



Sappho Comet Cometes spargaiaarus, or Sparganura 



sapplio 178 



Yarrell's Woodstar Calalharax yarrelki 180 



Blue-Tailed Sylph Cynantltus cyanurus 181 



Cayenne Fairy Hdiothrix auritits 181 



Avocet Humming-Bird Awcetta recurvirostris 182 



Chimborazinn Hill-Stir OreotrochiliLS chimbvrazo . .. 183 

 Gilt-Crested Humming-Bird Orthorhynchus exilis. . 185 

 Vervain Humming-Bird MuUisuga minima 185 



Family CERTHID.E ; CREEPERS; Sub-Family FURNARIN^E. . . 187 

 Oven-Bird Furnarius rufus 188 



Sub-family DENDROCOLAPTINX: 



Curved-Billed Creeper Sendrocohiptes procurvus. . . 189 



Sub-Family CERTHIN^E ; TRUE CREEPERS 189 



Common Tree Creeper Cerlhia familiaris 189 



Wall Creeper Tichodrama murarius 191 



Sub-Family SITTING : 



Nuthatch Silla caesia 191 



Sub-Family MENURIX.E : 



Lyre-Bird Menura superba 193 



Wren Troglodytes vulgaris 197 



Tribe DENTIROSTRES ; OR TOOTHED-BILL BIRDS 198 



Family LCSCIXID^E ; Su.b-Fam.Uu MALURIN^E ; SOFT-TAILED 



WARBLERS 198 



Tailor-Bird Orthotamus bennettti 198 



Pine-Pine Drymoica textrix 199 



Emen Wren Stipiturus malachurus 200 



VOL. II. 



PAOS 



Sub-Family LUSCININ.B ; SONG WARBLERS ................ 202 



W Mtethroat Sylvia utiduta ....................... 202 



Nightingale Lusvinia pkilomela ................... 207 



(irasshopper Warbler Calamudyta locustelia. ....... 209 



Sub-Family ERYTUACINA; ; REDBREAST VARIETY ........... 211 



\Vliratear Naxii-ijla miundke ...................... 211 



Stonechat Pratuu.vla rudwola ..................... 212 



Redstart liutidlla pluenimra ...................... 214 



Redbreast Erytliams rubecula .................... 215 



Blue-Throated Warbler Cyanecula suecioa ........ 218 



Dayal Cojisi/vhiis sautaris ......................... 219 



Blue Bird Sialia sialis ............................ 220 



Sub-Family ACCENTORIN.H ; ACCENTORS ................... 222 



Hedge Sparrow Accentor nujdularis ............... 222 



Sub-Family PARING ; TITMICE ........................... 223 



Great Titmouse Parus major ..................... 223 



Bearded Titmouse Paroides biarmicus ............. 227 



Sub-Family MNIOTILTIN.E ; BUSH-CREEPERS ............... 227 



Bush-Creeper Zosterops palpebrosus ............... 227 



Sub-Family MOTACILLIN.*: ; WAGTAILS .................... 228 



Pied Wagtail Motacilla yarrdlii .................. 228 



White-Faced Ephthianura Ejihthiatutra albifrons.. 230 

 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratcufis ................... 230 



Family TURDID^:, THRUSHES ; Sub-Family FORMICARIN.E. . 233 

 Black-Headed Pitta Pitta melanoct.'phala .......... 233 



Dipper Hydrobales cinctus ........................ 234 



Sub-Family TURDIX.E: 



Mocking-Bird Mimus polygtottus .................. 235 



Missel Thrush Turdus msdoorus .................. 238 



Sub-Family TIMALIX.E ; BABBLERS ....................... 249 



Chestnut-Capped Timalia Timalia ptteata ......... 249 



Spotted Ground-Thrush Cinclosoma panctalum .... 249 



Black-faced Thrush GarrtUax c/imensis ........... 250 



Sub-Family ORIOLIX^: ; ORIOLES ......................... 250 



Golden Oriole Oriolus galbula ..................... 250 



Family MUSCICAPID^E : FLY-CATCHERS; Sub-Family ALEC- 



COCK-TAILED BIRDS ................. 252 



-Si'.i 

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Family LANIID.F. ; SHRIKES ; Sub-Family LANIIN^E ........ 272 



Great Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor ............. 272 



Red-Backed Shrike Enneoctonus (or Lanius) oollurio 274 



Sub-Family THAMNOPHILIX.K ; Brsn-SuRiKEs .............. 277 



Vigors' Bush-Shrike ThamnophUus mgoraii ........ 277 



Yellow-Breasted Chat Icteria viridis .............. 



Cunningham's Bush Shrike (fuberneles yelapa ..... 



Sub-Family TYKANNIX/E: 



King Bird Tyrannus carolinensis .................. 



Fork-Tailed Flycatcher Mitotdus lyrannus ........ 



Sub-Family MUSCICAPIX^E ; TYPICAL FLY-CATCHERS ....... 



White-Shafted Fan Tail Kkipidura albiscapa ..... 



Paradise Flycatcher Tcliitrea paradisea ........... 



Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa grisola ............. 



King Tody Musi-ivora reyia ..................... . . 



Family AMPEI.ID^: ; CHATTERERS ; Sub-Family PACHYCEPH- 

 ALIN.B ......................................... 



Diamond Bird Pardulotus punctatus .............. 



Sub-Family PIPRIX*' ; THE MAXAKINS .................... 



Golden-Winged Manakin Pipra chrysoptera ...... 



Cock of the Rock Rupicola aurantia .............. 



Green Calyptomena Calyptomena viriilis ........... 



Sub-Family AMPELIK^B ; WAXEX ......................... 



Bohemian Waxwing Ampelis garrulus ...... . 



Bell Bird Arapunga alba 

 Sub-Family CAMPEPHAOIN.E ; THE CATERPILLAR-EATERS. . 



Great Pericrocotus Pericromtus spectosus 

 Sub-Family DICRURIN^: ; DOUBLE-TAILED BIRDS 



Wood Swallow Artamus sordidus 



Great Dicrurus Dicrurus grandis 



