CONTENTS 



PART I 



EXTERNAL PARTS AXD THE TERMS NEEDED FOR THEIR 

 DESCRIPTIOX 



PART II 



KEY, classification; and description of the species 



Method of using the Key 39 



Key to the Families of Birds .... 42 



ORDER I. Perching Birds 49 



II. HrMMINGIURDS, GOATSUCKERS, EtC. . . . 166 



III. Woodpeckers and Wrynecks .... 171 



IV. Cuckoos, Kingfishers, Etc 179 



V. Parrots, Macaws, Etc. 183 



VI. Birds of Prey 184 



VII. Pigeons, Etc 214 



VIII. Gallinaceous Birds 219 



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