CONTENTS vu 



Order Coccyges : Cuckoos, etc 193 



Family Cuculidae : Anis, Road-runners, and Cuckoos . . . 193 



Family Trogonidse : Trogons 197 



Family Alcedinidaj : Kingfishers 198 



Order Pici : Woodpeckers, etc 200 



Family Picidse : Woodpeckers » . 200 



Order Macrochires : Goatsuckers. Swifts, and Hummingbirds 222 



Family Caprimulgidai : Goatsuckers 222 



Family Micropodidse : Swifts 229 



Family Trochilidae : Humming'birds 232 



Order Passeres : Perching Birds 245 



Family Cotingidte : Cotingas ....... 245 



Family Tyrannidae : Tyrant Flycatchers 245 



Family Alaudidse : Larks , . . 265 



Family Corvidse : Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc 269 



Family Sturnidse : Starlings 285 



Family Icteridae : Blackbirds, Orioles, etc 285 



Family Fringillidae : Finches, Sparrows, etc 303 



Family Tanagridfe : Tanagers 379 



Family Hirundinidae : Swallows 382 



Family Ampelidje : Waxwings and Phainopeplas . . . 387 



Family Laniidce : Shrikes 391 



Family Vireonidse : Vireos 394 



Family Mniotiltidae : Wood Warblers 401 



Family Motacillidfe : Wagtails 431 



Family Cinclidae : Dippers ........ 432 



Family Troglodytidse : Wrens, Thrashers, etc, .... 433 



Family Certhiidae : Creepers ....... 451 



Family Paridse : Nuthatches and Tits 452 



Family Sylviidae : Kinglets, Gnatcatchers, etc 463 



Family Turdidae: Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds, etc. . 467 



Appendix. 



Color Key to Genera of some of the Common Passerine Birds . 479 



Index 487 



