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COLLEGE ZOOLOGY 



birds, etc. Ex. Chordeiles minoT, 

 nighthawk. 



Order 22. Apodiformes. Swifts, humming- 

 birds, etc. Ex. Chaetura pelagica, 

 chimney swift (Fig. 320). 



Order 23. Coliiformes. Cohes or mouse- 

 birds. Ex. Colius. 



Order 24. Trogoniformes. Trogons (Fig. 

 305), quetzal. Ex. Trogon ambi- 

 guus, coppery-tailed trogon. 



Order 25. Coraciiformes. Kingfishers, rol- 

 lers, hornbills, motmots, bee eat- 

 ers, etc. Ex. Megaceryle alcyon, 

 belted kingfisher. 



Order 26. Piciformes. Woodpeckers (Fig. 

 322), piculets, wr}'necks, jaca- 

 mars, toucans, barbets, etc. Ex. 

 Colaptes auratus, southern flicker. 



Order 27. Passeriformes. Perching birds. 

 Ex. Tyr annus tyrannus, king- 

 bird (Fig. 330). 



PASSERIFORMES. FAMILIES IN 

 NORTH AMERICA 



FAMILY 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 6. 

 7. 

 8. 

 9. 

 10. 



Cotingidae 



Tyrannidae 



Alaudidae 



Hirundinidae 



Corvidae 



Paridae 



Sittidae 



Certhiidae 



Chamaeidae 



Cinclidae 



11. Troglodytidae 



12. Mimidae 

 Turdidae 

 Sylviidae 

 Prunellidae 

 Motacillidae 

 Bombycillidae 

 Ptilogonatidae 



13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 



19. Laniidae 



COMMON NAME 



Chatterers 



Flycatchers 



Larks 



Swallows 



Crows, jays, etc. 



Titmice 



Nuthatches 



Creepers 



Wren tits 



Dippers 



Wrens 



Thrashers, etc. 



Thrushes, etc. 



Kinglets, etc. 



Accentors 



^^'agtails 



Waxwings 



Silky flycatchers 



Shrikes 



20. Sturnidae 



21. Vireonidae 



22. Coerebidae 



23. Parulidae 



24. Ploceidae 



25. Icteridae 



26. Thraupidae 



27. Fringillidae 



Starlings 

 Vireos 



Honey creepers 

 Wood warblers 

 Weaver finches 

 Blackbirds, etc. 

 Tanagers 

 Sparrows, etc. 



SELECTED COLLATERAL 

 READINGS 



American Ornithologists' Union. Check-list of 

 North American Birds. American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Lancaster, Pa., 1931. 



Audubon, John James. The Birds of America. 

 Macmillan, New York, 1937. 



Bent, A.C. Life Histories of North American 

 Birds, 19 vols. U.S. National Museum, 

 Washington, 1919-1953. 



Bradley, O.C. The Structure of the Fowl. 

 Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1950. 



Lincoln, F.C. The Migration of American 

 Birds. Doubleday, Doran, New York, 1952. 



Peters, J.L. Birds of the World. 7 vols. Har- 

 vard Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1931, 1934, 

 1937, 1940, 1945, 1948, 1951. 



Peterson, R.T. A Field Guide to the Birds. 

 Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1947. 



. Birds Over America. Dodd, Mead, 



New York, 1948. 



Schorger, A.W. The Passenger Pigeon. Wis- 

 consin Univ. Press, Madison, 1955. 



Sturkic, P.D. Avian Physiology. Comstock, 

 Ithaca, N.Y., 1954. 



The Auk. Quarterly journal published since 

 1884 by the American Ornithologists' 

 Union. 



Wallace, G.J. An Introduction to Ornithology. 

 Macmillan, New York, 1955. 



