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Identifications of Avcs — Continued 



Group 



Cracidae 



Columbidae . . . 

 Cathartidae . . . 

 Buteonidae .... 

 Falconidae .... 

 Pandionidae . . . 

 Aluconidae .... 



Strigidae 



Psittacidae 



Cuculidae 



Trogonidae .... 

 Alcedinidae ... 



Picidae 



Caprimulgidae 

 Micropodidae . . 



Trochilidae 



Cotingidae 



Tyrannidae 



Alaudidae 



Corvidae 



Sturnidae 



Icteridae 



FringilHdae . . . . 



Tangaridae 



Hirundinidae .. . 

 Bombycillidae . . 

 Ptilogonatidae . . 



Laniidae 



Vireonidae 



Coerebidae 



Mniotiltidae . . . . 

 Motacillidae . . . . 



Cinclidae 



Mimidae 



Troglodytidae . . 



Certhiidae 



Sittidae 



Paridae 



Chamaeidae . . . . 



Sylviidae 



Turdidae 



Number of 

 identifications 



II 



14 



15 



51 



I 



17 



10 



12 



20 



2 



III 



992 



II 



76 

 34 



45 

 17 



4 

 IS 

 38 



I 



25 



243 



About one-eighth (13.02 per cent) of all the records are for bird 

 eggs, and the number of species feeding upon eggs is so considerable 



