Vlil CONTENTS. 



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AMERICAN BARN OWL (Strix pratincola) ... 62 



GREAT HORNED OWL (Bubo virginianus) ... .64 



LITTLE SCREECH-OWL (Scops asio) ........ (j5 



WESTERN MOTTLED OWL (Scofjs m'callii) ... ... 66 



LONG-EARED OWL (Otus wilso'nianus) ...... 67 



SHORT-EARED OWL (Bracliyotus cassinii) . . .68 



CINEREOUS OWL (Syniiiuit cincrcum) . 71 



BARRED OWL (Synrium nelulosum) . 72 



RICHARDSON'S OWL (Nyctale ricliardsoni) ... . .73 



ACADIAN OWL (Nyctale acadica) ........ 74 



BURROWING OWL (Athene hypugwa) ....... 75 



PIGMY OWL (Glaucidium infuscatum) ... .... 79 



SNOWY OWL (Nyctea nivea) ........ 79 



HAWK OWL (Surnia ulula) ......... 80 



CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW (Anlrostomus carolinensis) ...... 82 



WHIP-POOR-WILL (Antrostomus vodferus) ....... 84 



NUTTALL'S WHIP-POOE-WILL (Anlrostomus nutlallii) ... 86 



NIGHT-HAWK (CkordeUcs virginianus) . . . 87 



TEXAN NIGHT-HAWK (Chordellcs lexensis) . ..... 90 



BARN SWALLOW (Hirundo riifa) . . . . . . . .91 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN SWALLOW (Hirundo lunifrons) ...... 94 



WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW (Hirundo bicolor) ....... 100 



VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW (Hirundo thalassina) ...... 102 



PURPLE MARTIN (Prague purpurea) ........ 103 



BANK SWALLOW (Cotyle riparia) ........ 105 



ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (Cotyle serripennis) ....... 106 



CHIMNEY SWALLOW (Acanthylis pdasgia) ....... 108 



BELTED KINGFISHER (Ceryle alcyon) . . . . . . . .110 



TEXAN KINGFISHER (Ceryle americand) . . . . . . . Ill 



ADDENDA . ......... 113 



CATALOGUE OF BIRDS . . . . . . . . . 117 



INDEX .... ....... 119 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES 131 



