PREFACE 



The families of birds included in the present and preceding volumes 

 of this work are as follows : 



Part I, issued October 24, 1901, included the Fringillidae (finches) 

 alone. 



Part II, issued October 16, 1902, included the Tanagridae (tanagers), 

 Icteridae (troupials), Coerebidae (honey creepers), and Mniotiltidae 

 (wood warblers). 



Part III, issued December 31, 1904, included the Motacillidae (wag- 

 tails and pipits), Hirundinidae (swallows), Ampelidae (waxwings), 

 Ptilogonatidae (silky flycatchers), Dulidae (palm chats), Vireonidae (vir- 

 eos), Laniidae (shrikes), Corvidae (crows and jays), Paridae (tit- 

 mice), Sittidae (nuthatches), Certhiidae (creepers), Troglodytidae 

 (wrens), Cinclidae (dippers), Chamaeidae (wrentits), and Sylviidae 

 (warblers). 



Part IV, issued July 1, 1907, contained the remaining groups of Os- 

 cines, namely, the Turdidae (thrushes), Zeledoniidae (wren-thrushes), 

 Mimidae (mockingbirds), Sturnidae (starlings), Ploceidae (weaver- 

 birds), and Alaudidae (larks), together with the haploophone or oligo- 

 myodian Mesomyodi, comprising Oxyruncidae (sharpbills), Tyrannidae 

 (tyrant flycatchers), Pipridae (manakins), and Cotingidae (chatterers). 



Part V, issued November 29, 1911, included the tracheophone Meso- 

 myodi, represented by the Pteroptochidae (tapaculos), Formicariidae 

 (antbirds), Furnariidae (ovenbirds), and Dendrocolaptidae (woodhew- 

 ers) ; the Macrochires, containing the Trochilidae (hummingbirds) and 

 Micropodidae (swifts) ; and the Heterodactylae, represented only by the 

 Trogonidae (trogons). 



Part VI, issued April 8, 1914, contained the Picariae, comprising the 

 families Picidae (woodpeckers), Capitonidae (barbets), Ramphastidae 

 (toucans), Bucconidae (pufTbirds), and Galbulidae (jacamars) ; the Ani- 

 sodactylae, with the families Alcedinidae (kingfishers), Todidae (todies), 

 and Momotidae (motmots) ; the Nycticoraciae, with the families Caprimul- 

 gidae (goatsuckers) and Nyctibiidae (potoos) ; and the Striges, consisting 

 of the families Tytonidae (barn owls) and Bubonidae (eared owls). 



Part VII, issued May 5, 1916, contained the Coccygiformes (cuckoolike 

 birds), Psittaciformes (parrots), and Columbiformes (pigeons). 



Part VIII, issued June 26, 1919, contained the Charadriiformes (plover- 

 like birds) with the families Jacanidae (jacanas), Oedicnemidae (thick- 

 knees), Haematopodidae (oystercatchers), Arenariidae (turnstones), 

 Aphrizidae (surf birds), Charadriidae (plovers), Scolopacidae (snipes, 

 sandpipers, etc.), Phalaropodidae (phalaropes), Recurvirostridae (avo- 



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