CONTENTS. 



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GENERAL INTKODUCTION iii 



PREFACE 3 



INTRODUCTION 7 



I. Physical Featukes of the State 7 



The Lake Shore District 10 



The Prairies 13 



The Southern Bottom Lands 17 



Climate 19 



II. Chakactekistic Features of the Avifauna of the State 2i 



Position with regard to Faunal Provinces or Districts 30 



Migrations 31 



Bibliogkaphy 36 



BIRDS OF ILLINOIS 43 



Analysis of Higher Groups 44 



Order Passeres— The Passerine Birds 47 



Family Turdida; (The Thrushes), 40.— Family Sylviidfe (The Warblers). 72.— Family 

 Paridai (The Titmice and Nuthatches). 78.— Family Certhiidie (The Creepers), 

 8B.— Family Troglodytidai (The Wrens and Mockiiig-Tlu-ushes), 88.— Family 

 Motacillidfe (The Wagtails and Pipits), 100.— Family MniotiltidEe (The American 

 Warblers), 113.— Family Vireonid* (The Vireos), 170.— Family Laniida> (The 

 Shrikes), 102.— Family Ampelida (The Waxwings), 198.— Family Hirundinidse 

 (The Swallows), 203.— Family Tanagridffi (The Tanagers), 214.— Family Fiingil- 

 lidije (The Finches), 319.— Family Icteridfc (The American Orioles), 305.— Family 

 Corvida? (The Crows and Jays), 329.— Family Alaudida; (The Larks), 336. 

 —Family Tyrannidee (The Tyrant Flycatchers), 341. 



Order Macrochikes— The Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbu'ds 368 



Family Trochilidai (The Hummingbirds), 350.— Family Mioropodidaj (The Swifts), 

 363.— Family Caprimulgidte (The Goatsuckers), 366. 



Order Pici— The Woodpeckers, etc 371 



Family Picidai (The Woodpeckers), 371. 



Order Coccyges- The Cuckoos, etc 389 



Family AlcedinidEe (The Kingfishers), 380.— Family Cuculidae (The Cuckoos), 302. 



Order Psittaci— The Parrots, etc 396 



Family Psittacida; (The Parrots), 396. 



