LIST OK ILLrSTKATIOXS. xi 



LXXI.— Hcd-hivaslc.l XiitliMtch : Whitc-hivastcd Xufliatrl 

 LXXI I.— (ictldcn-croNVMcd Kiii^dd ; liiihy-crowncd Kin^dct 



I.XXIII.— Vcciy 



I.XXIV.— W.M.il Thrush 



LXXV.— Hermit Tlinish 



FK.ih'h's /.v 77//; 7'/;.v7'. 



FIO. PAfiE 



1. Restoration of the Archjuoplcryx, a toc^tlicd, rcptilcliko l^ird 



of the Jurassic period o 



2. End of spearlike ton;,nie of IMleated \Vood[)e('ker . . ,14 



3. Tip of tail oi (a) Downy Woodpecker, (b) Brown Creeper, to 



show the pointed shapi' in tails of creeping birds of different 

 families 16 



4. YouRfj Iloatzin, showing use of hooked fingers in climbing . 17 



5. Short, rounded wing and large foot of Little Black Kail, a ter- 



restrial bird 18 



G. Long, pointed wing and small foot of Tree Swallow, an ai'i-ial 



bird IS 



7. Frigate-bird 1!) 



8. (Jreat Auk, showing I'elatively small wing . . . .21 

 0. Wing of Woodcock, showing three outer attenuate feathers . 24 



10. Jacana, showing spurred wing and elongated toes . , .24 



1 1. Tail-feathersof 'S\o\m(A.iMf)fnofn88nhruf('f<ce7ifi),i^\iO\\'\ugnc\y\y 



grown feathers and results of self-inflicted mutilation , 2(5 



12. Lobed foot of Coot (Fulica americana), a swimming bird of 



the Kail family 27 



13. Lobed foot of a Phalarope (r/7////o;>/(////.s /////rYn-n/.s-), Ji •'Swim- 



ming bird f)f the Snipe family 27 



14. Flamingo, showing relative length of legs and neck in a wad- 



ing bird 28 



15. Foot of Fish Hawk, showing large claws and spicndes on under 



surface of toes 29 



16. Xaked toes of Ruffed (Jrouse in summer; fringed toes of Kuffe(l 



Orou.se in winter 20 



17. Decurved bill of Sickle-bill Hummingbird . . , , III 



18. Serrate bill of .Merganser, a fish-eating bird .... 32 



19. Probelike bill of Woodcock, showing extent to which ujiper 



mandible can bo moved . , 32 



20. Recurved bill r,f Avocet 32 



21. Bill of Spoonbill Sandpij)er 33 



