CONTENTS vii 



Order Coccyges : Cuckoos, etc 193 



Family Cuculiclie : Anis, Road-ruiuier.s. and Cuckoos . . . 193 

 Familj^ Trogonida? : Trogons . . . . . . .197 



Family Alcedinidse : Kingfishers ....... 198 



Order Pici : WooDrECKERS, etc 200 



Family Picidae : Woodpeckers 200 



Order Macrochires : Goatsuckers. Swifts, and Hummingbirds 222 



Family Caprimulgidfe : Goatsuckers ...... 222 



Family "Micropodidse : Swifts 229 



Family Trochilidte ; Hummingbirds ...... 232 



Order Passeres : Perching Birds 245 



Family Cotingidae : Cotingas ....... 245 



Family Tyraunidae : Tyrant Flycatchers 245 



Family Alaudidae : Larks 265 



Family Corvidag : Crows, Jays, Mag-pies, etc. .... 269 



Family Sturnidaj : Starlings 285 



Family Icteridse : Blackbirds, Orioles, etc. ..... 285 



Family Fringillidje : Finches, Sparrows, etc. .... 303 



Family Tanagridje : Tanagers ....... 379 



Family Hirundinidae : Swallows ....... 382 



Family AmpelidiB : Waxwings and Phainoijeplas . . . 387 



Family Laniidffi : Shrikes 391 



Family Vireonidte : Vireos ........ 394 



Family Mniotiltid;« : Wood Warblers ...... 401 



Family Motaeillidce : Wagtails ....... 431 



Family Cinclidaj : Dippers ........ 432 



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



Family Certhiidae : Creepers 451 



Family Paridae : Nuthatches and Tits 452 



Family Sylviidie : Kinglets, Gnatcatchers. etc. .... 463 



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



Appendix. 



Color Key to Genera of some of the Common Passerine Birds . 470 



Index 4^1 



