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INDEX. 



Family of Dentirostres — continued. 



"Wrens .... 



"Wagtails .... 



Titlarks .... 

 Family of Fissirostres . 



Divided iuto two tribes, diurnal and nocturnal 



Dim-nal fissirostres 



Swallows . 



Swifts 



Noctiu-nal fissirostres 



Goatsuckers 

 Family of Conirostres 



Larks 



Titmice 



Finches 



Weavers, linnets, goldfinches, chaffinches, canary, 

 finch 



Crows .... 



Birds of paradise 



The emerald bu-d of paradise 

 Family of Tenuirostres 



Nuthatches 



Creepers .... 



Humming-birds 



Hoopoes .... 

 Family of Syndactylae . 



Bee-eaters .... 



Kingfishers 



Hornbills .... 

 Order of Scansores or Climbers . 



Peculiarity in the outer toe of birds of this order 



"Woodpeckers .... 



Their remarkable tongue 



"Wrynecks .... 



Cuckoos .... 



Toucans, how distinguishable 



Parrots ..... 

 Order of Gallinaceous Birds 



Divided into two sections 

 Family of Gallinacese, properly so-called 



Turkeys . 



Peacocks . 



Guinea-fowls 

 Pheasants 

 Barn-door fowl . 

 Curassows 

 Grouse 

 Capercailzie 

 Pigeons 

 Order of Running Birds 

 Family of ostriches 

 True ostriches . 

 African ostrich 

 American ostrich 



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