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Starlings : Family Sturnidse 195 



Crows, Jays, etc. : Family Corvidae .... 195 



Larks : Family Alaudidse . . . . . . .199 



Flycatchers : Family Tyrannidae 201 



Goatsuckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds, etc. : Order Ma- 

 crochires 



Hummingbirds : Family Trochilidae 209 



Swifts : Family Micropodidae ..... 210 

 Nigkthawks, Whip-poor-wills, etc. : Family Caprimul- 

 gidae . . . . 212 



Woodpeckers, etc. : Order Pici 



Woodpeckers : Family Picidae 215 



Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc. : Order Coccyges 



Kingfishers : Family Alceclinidae 224 



Cuckoos : Family Cuculidae ...... 226 



Birds of Prey : Order Raptores 



Horned Owls, etc. : Family Bubonidse .... 228 

 Barn Owls : Family Strigidae ..... 234 



Hawks and Eagles : Family Falconidse .... 235 



Pigeons : Order Columb^e 



Pigeons : Family Columbidse . . . . . 246 



Gallinaceous Birds : Order Galling 



Pheasants : Family Phasianidae ..... 248 



Grouse, Bob-white, etc. : Family Tetraonidae . . 248 



Shore Birds : Order LimicoljE 



Turnstones : Family Aphrizidse 252 



Plovers : Family Charadriidae ..... 253 

 Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. : Family Scolopacidae . . . 259 

 Phalaropes : Family Phalaropodidae . . . .274 



Rails, etc. : Order Paludicol^e 



Rails, Gallinules, and Coots : Family Rallidse . . . 276 



