Vi CONTENTS. 



PAOE 



Order Galling — The Gallinaceous Birds 184 



Pamily Tetraonidte — The Grouse, Partridges, etc 184 



" PhasianidiB — The Pheasants, Turkeys, etc 205 



" CracidiB — The Curassows and Guans 207 



Order CoLUMBiE — The Pigeons 210 



Family Columbidse — The Pigeons 210 



Order Kaptorks— The Birds of Prey 218 



Family Catbartidas — The American Vultures 218 



" Falconida3— The Falcons, Hawks, etc 222 



" Strigidae— The Barn Owls 255 



" Bubonida;— The Horned Owls, etc 255 



Order Psittaci — The Parrots, Macaws, Paroquets, etc 268 



Family Psittacidse — The Parrots, etc 268 



Order Coccyges — The Cuckoos, etc 271 



Family Cuculida3 — The Cuckoos 271 



" Trogonidffi — The Trogons 275 



" Momotidse — The Motmots 277 



" Alcedinidffi— The Kingfishers .278 



Order Pici — The Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc 280 



Family Picida — The Woodpeckers 280 



Order Macrochires — The Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc 297 



Family Caprimulgidise — The Goatsuckers 297 



" MicropodidiB— The Swifts 302 



" Trochilid*— The Hummingbirds 303 



Order Passeres — The Perching Birds 321 



Family Cotingidaa— The Cotingas 323 



" Tyrannid;e— The Tyrant Flycatchers 326 



" Alaudidse— The Larks 346 



" Corvidse — The Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc 350 



" Sturnidse— The Starlings 364 



" Icteridae— The Blackbirds, Orioles, etc 365 



" Fringillidaj — The Finches, Sparrows, etc •. • • ^^2 



" Tanagridffi— The Tanagers 453 



" Hirundinida?— The Swallows 457 



" Ampelidte — The Waxwings, etc 463 



" Laniidffi— The Shrikes 465 



" Yireonidae — The Vireos 468 



" Coerebidfe — The Honey Creepers 479 



" Mniotiltidie— The Wood AVarblers 480 



" Motacillidre— The AVagtails 532 



" Cinclid;e — The Dippers 538 



" Troglodytid» — The Wrens, Thras^hers, etc 538 



" Certhiidje— The Creepers 557 



" Parida-— The Nuthatches and Tits 558 



" Sylviidie — The Warblers, Kinglets, and Gnatcatchers 566 



" Turdidaj— The Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, Bluebirds, etc 571 



Appendix 583 



Index 595 



