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but not included in the regular families or numbered, 

 are yet made families by some authors. They may in 

 time be given full Famj/y rank, but not now. 



It has not been thought necessary to cumber these 

 pages with Sitb-Ordcvs or Sub-Families. They are, 

 to a very great extent, useless divisions in Ornithology 

 in any event and seldom stable. 



The accompanying Table will serve as a diaojiosis 

 of Orders and explain itself. These Orders are given 

 /// their oi'der upon the back of the Table. Order 3 

 should read Macrochires. We may, at a later date, 

 elaborate a diagnosis for the Families. 



Order 1 . Passares — Sparrow-like Birds. 



1 Turdidae True Thrushes. 



2 Troglodytidae Wrens. 



3 Pai'idae Titmice. 



4 Chamaeidae Wren-tits. 



5 Nectariniidce Sun-Birds. 



6 Meliphagidse Honey-eaters. 



7 Coerebidae Honey-creepers. 



8 Certhiidae Creeping Warblers. 



9 Sylvicolidae True Warblers. 



10 MiTscicapidae Old World Flycatchers. 



11 Ampelidae Waxwings. 



12 Motacillidae Wagtails and Pipits. 



13 Alaudidae Larks. 



14 Hirimdinidae Swallows. 



15 Laniidae True Shrikes. 



16 Dicruridae Drongo Shrikes. 



17 Vireonidae Vireos. 



18 Oriolidae Orioles. 



19 Icteridae American Starlings. 



20 Sturnidae Old World Starlings. 



21 Corvidae Crows. 



22 PtilonorhynchidaB Bower Birds. 



