TIIK BIRDS or NORTH AMKIIICA. 



()i:i)i:i: \ iii.-psitt vcr (i»aimi<)ts. i»\iio(jri:Ts, 

 i:t( .). 



Tors fom*, two ill fi-oiil and two iK'liind ; l>ill witli a 

 cer»>, or covrriii;:" of skin, at i;s Ijase. 



Family ;>'.». — rsitt((ci<l(V. Parrots and Paro([iiets ; 1 

 species. 



<>KI)i:il Xl v.— COCCYGKS (Cl( KOOS AM) Ul\(;- 



risHi:us). 



Toos four, two ill front and two beliind (Cuckoos), or 

 three in front, tlie middle and outer ones joined for lialf 

 their leng-th; bill witliout a cere. 



Family AO.—Cncnlida'. Cuckoos, Anis, etc. ; 7 species. 



Family 41. — Tvog<»ii(hv. Trog-ons ; 1 species. 



Fa.milv 42. — Alcedinidiv. Kinj^'fishers ; 3 species. 



<)KIH:il \\. -I'll I (WOODPECKERS). 



Toes four, or. i-arely, three; two in front; bill strong"; 

 tail-featliers usually pointed and stilfened. 



Family 43. — Pic idee. Woodpeckei-s ; 24 species. 



nKln:K \ \ L >I \( lt<)( MUMS (<;<) ATSl (_ ivi:iis, 

 .SWIITS. AM) HI >I>II\(;iillil)S). 



P\'et very small and weak ; bill short, and mouth large 

 (Goatsuckers and Swifts), or bill long and exceedingly 

 slender ( HiimiMiiigbirds) ; wings generally long and 

 ])ointed. 



Fa.MILY H. — ( '(ij>riiii n/(/iil<i'. (loatsuckers ; (> species. 



l''\Mil.v 4r>. — Micropodidiv. Swifts ; 4 species. 



I'NMiiv IC TrncliiUdiv. Hummingbirds; 18 species. 



(>ki)i;k \\m. iv\ssi:im:s <ri:i:< iii\(; itiiins). 



Toes tour, without w«'l)s, all on the same level ; hind 

 toe as h^ng as the middle one ; its nail generally longer 



