C N T E N" T S. 



INTRODUCTION. 



I-AtiK 



THK structure of Uirds — The Plumage and Flii;ht of Birds — The Itcspiration, Digestion, 

 ^'oice, and Senses of Bii-ds — The Inculiation of Birds — The Growtli of a Feather — • 

 Tlie Migrations of Birds— The Chissihcation of Birds ,. .. .. .. .. 1 — 4-1 



ACCIPITRES.— OiiDEK I.— The Birds or Tkev. 



The Condor — The King Vulture — The Auriculated Vultm-e — The Ameriean or Carrion 

 Vulture — The Egyptian Vulture — The Lammcrgeyer or Bearded Vulture — The Black 

 Vulture — The Griffon Vultiu-e— The Eagles — The Imperial Eagle — The Golden Eagle 

 —The White-Headed Sea Eagle — The ^\'ashington Eagle — 'ITie Wedge-Tailed Eagle — • 

 The Caracara Eagle— The Vulturiue Caracara Eagle — I'he Osprey — The Secretary 

 Bird — The Harpy Eagle — The Gyi- Falcon — The Peregrine Falcon — The Hobby — 

 Till' Goshawk — The Merlin — The' Sparrow-Hawk — The Kestrel — The Common (u- 

 F'orked-Tailed Kite — The S-wallow-Tailed Kite — The Common Buzzard — The Itough- 

 Legged Buzzard — The Kcd-Tailed American Buzzai'd — The Ameriean Buzzard — The 

 Honej- Buzzard — -The Marsh Harrier — Tlie Hen Harrier — The Suowv Owl — The 

 Eagle Owl— The Barn Owl— The Burrowing Owl— The Florned Owl .. ■ .. 4.-)— IL'S 



INSESSORES.— OiiDEE II.— The Perching Birds. 



Fissirostres — The Goat-suckers — The Night-Jar — The Podargus— Tlic Whip-Poor- ^\'ill — 

 The Swallows — The. Swift — The Chimney Swallow — The Martin — The Sand Martin 

 — 'fhe Esculent Swallow— The Todies — The Common Kingfisher — The Bee-Eaters — 

 Dentirostres — The Great Shrike, or Butcher Bird — The Great American Shrike — The 

 Logger-Head Shrike — The Collared Shrike — The Red-Backed 'Shrike or F"lusher — 

 The Tyrant Fly-Catcher — The Pewit Fly-Cateher — The Lanius Sulphuratus— The 

 Muscicapa Albicollis — The Pied Fly-Catcher — The Todus Regius — The Crown Fly- 

 Catcher— The Whinchat — The Stonechat — The Wheat-Ear, or F'allowehat— The 

 Robin Red-breast — The Nightingale — The Reed ^\'arbler — The Thrush — The Wood 

 Thrush — The Fcrruguious Thrush — The American i\Iocking-Bird — The '\^'ater-Ouzel 

 —The Ring-Ouzel — The Golden Oriole— The Black Cap— The Lyre Bird— The Rock 

 Manakin —The Cah ptomcna Viridis — 'fhe F'ork-Tailcd Manakiu — The Bohemian Wax- 

 Wing- The Blue Tit— The Crested Tit -The Long -Tailed Tit— The Cole-Tit— The 

 Cedar Bird— The Umbrella Bird— The "Wren- The Golden-Crested Wren— The Wood 

 Wren — The Arada — The Fan-Tailed Warbler— The Tailor Bird — The Sedge Waililer 

 -The Cow Bunting- The Pied AVagtail— The Gray Wagtail— The Yellow ■\\'agtail 

 — The Conirostres — The Shore Lark — The Meadow Lark — The Crested Lark — The 

 Skv Lark — The Snow Bunting — The Ortolan Bunting— The Foolish Bunting — The 

 Yellow Bunting- — The Ciil Bunting — The House Sparrow — The Tree Sparrow — The 

 Snow Finch— The Goldfinch — The Green Finch — The Greater Red-Pole— The Lesser 

 Red-Pole — The Mealy Red-Pole — The ^Mountain Linnet — The Canarj- Bu'd — The 

 Oiatfinch- The Siskin— The Broad-Shafted Whidah Finch- The Red-Billcd Whidah 

 — The Yellow-Backed Whidah— Tlie I'hilip-piee Grosbeak— The Bottle-Nested 

 Sparrow — The Abyssinian Grosbeak — The Loxia Bengalensis — The Social Grosbeak 

 or ^Veavcr Bii-d — The Cap-More — The Pensile Cirosbeak — The Plcceus Cristatus — The 

 Black-Collared Finch — The Yellow-Crowned Weaver — The Crimson-Crowned Weaver 

 — The Yellow-Bodied Weaver — The Scarlet Tanager — The Tanagra Cayana — The 

 Crossbill— The Bullfinch- The Red- Winged Starling — The Common Starling— The 

 Baltimore Oriole — The Orchard Oriole — The Rook — The Ita-scn — The Carrion Crow — 

 The Hooded Crow— The Jackdaw — The Blue Jay— The Common Jay— The Chough 

 — The Magpie — The Alpine Crow — The Nutcracker Crow — The Great Emerald 

 Bird of Paradise— The Greater Bird of Paradise — The Magnificent Bu-d of Paradise — ■ 

 The King Bird of Paradise — The Crowned Hornbill— The Concave Hornbill— The 

 Rhinoceros Hornbill — The Crescent Hornbill— The Unicorn Hornbill— The Violaceous 

 Hond)ill — The Abyssinian Hornbill— The Red-Billed Llornbill — Teniurostres— -The 

 Cummon Creeper — The Wall-Creeper — The Furnarius Fuliginosus — The Splendid 

 Sun-Bird— The Humming-Birds— The .Topaz-Throated Humming-Bird — The Ruby- 

 Throated Hunuuing-Bird— 'I'lie Tufted-Necked Hummiug-Bird— The Trochilus Gouldii 

 — Tlie Supercilious Humming-Bird — The Nuflialcli— The Hoopoe 129-302 



