viii COiXTENTS. 



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Order Gallin.e — The Gallinaceous Birds 184 



Family Tutraonidx — The Grouse, Partridges, etc 184 



" Phasianidie — The Pheasants, Turkeys, etc 205 



" Cracida) — The Curassows and Guans 207 



Order Columb.e — The Pigeons 210 



Family Columbidaj — The Pigeons 210 



Order Raptores— The Birds of Prey 218 



Family Cathartid:e — The American Vultures 218 



Falconidic— The Falcons, Uawks, etc 222 



" Strigida.'— The Barn Owls 255 



" Bubonidae— The Horned Owls, etc 255 



Order Psittaci — The Parrots, Macaws, Paroquets, etc 208 



Family Psittacida; — The Parrots, etc 268 



Order Coccyoks — The Cuckoos, etc 271 



Family CuculidiB— The Cuckoos 271 



" Trogonidie — The Trogons 275 



" ilomotida; — The Motniots 277 



" Alcedinida;— The KingUshere .278 



Order Pici— The Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc 280 



Family Picida;— The Woodpeckers 280 



Order Macrocuikes — The Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc 297 



Family Caprimulgida» — The Goatsuckers 297 



" MicropodidiB— The Swifts 302 



" Trochilidaj— The Hummingbirds 803 



Order Passeres — The Perching Birds 321 



Family Cotingidre — The Cotingas 323 



" Tyrannidie— The Tyrant Flycatchers 326 



" Alaudid;c— The Larks 346 



" Corvidiu— The Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc 850 



" Sturnidie— The Starlings 864 



" Icterida> — The Blackbirds, Orioles, etc 365 



" Fringillida;— The Finches, Sparrows, etc 382 



" Tanagrida! — The Tanagers 453 



" Hirundinida; — The Swallows 457 



" Ampelidie — The Waxwings, etc 463 



" Laniidie— The Shrikes • 465 



" Vireonida; — The Vireos 468 



" Coerebid;e — The Honey Creepers 479 



" Mniotiltidiu— The Wood Warblers 480 



" MotiioiUida'— The Wagtails 632 



" Cinclidse— The Dippers 638 



" Troglodytida! — The Wrens, Thrashers, etc 538 



" Ccrthiida:— The Creepers 657 



" Paridie— The Nuthatches and Tits 658 



" Sylviidie — The Warblers, Kinglet*, and Gnatcatchers 566 



" Turdidie— The Thrushes, Solitaires, Slonechats, Bluebii-ds, etc 671 



Appendix 688 



IXDEX 615 



