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Sub-Tribe II.— Diurnal Fissirostrbs. Fissirostres Diurni. 



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Family I. — The Swallows. Hirundinid^ 58 



Sub-Family\. The Swifts. Cypselinae 59 



■ II. The Swallows proper. Hirundininae 61 



TRIBE II.— TENUIROSTRES. 



Family I. — The Hoopoes. UpupidvE 64 



Sub-Family \. The Hoopoes proper. Upupinse 65 



II. The Plumed Birds. Epimachinae 66 



Family II.— The Sun-Birds. Promeropid.« 68 



Sitb-Family I. The Sun-Birds proper. Promeropinae 70 



II. The Guit-guits. Coerebinae 72 



Family III.— The Humming-Birds. Trochilid^ 74 



Sub-Family \. The Wedge-tailed Humming-Birds. Grypinae 78 



II. The Curved-billed Humming-Birds. Trochilinae 80 



III. The Straight-billed Humming-Birds. Mellisuginae 81 



Family IV. — The Honey-eaters. MELiPHACiDyE 84 



Sub-Family I. The Honey-creepers. Myzomelinas 84 



II. The Honey-eaters proper. Meliphaginae ,,... 86 



III. The Honey-feeders. Melithreplinae 87 



Family V. — The Creepers. Certhiad^ 89 



Sub-Family I. The Oven-Birds. Furnarinae 90 



II. The Sharp-tails. Synallaxinae 91 



III. The Tree-creepers. Dendrocolaptins 93 



IV. The Creepers proper. Certhinae 94 



V. The Nuthatches. Sitting 96 



VI. The Mohouas. Orthonycinae 97 



VII. The Wrens. Menurinae 99 



TRIBE III.— DENTIROSTRES. 



Family I.— The Warblers. Luscinid^ loi 



Sub-Family I. The Soft-tailed Warblers. Maluriiiae loi 



II. The Warblers proper. Luscininse 103 



III. The Robins. Erythacinse 106 



IV. The Accentors. Accentorins 108 



V. The Titmice. Paring 109 



VI. The Wagtails. Motacillinae 112 



Family II.— The Thrushes. Turdid>e 114 



Sub-Family I. The Ant-Thrushes. Formicarinae "S 



II. The Thrushes proper. Turdinae 117 



III. The Babblers. Timalinae 119 



IV. The Orioles. Oriolinse 121 



V. The Bulbuls. Pycnonotinae 123 



Famply III.— The Flycatchers. Muscicapid^ 125 



Sub-Family \. The Mourners. Querulinae 126 



II. The Alectrures. Alectrurinae 127 



III. The Tyrants. Tyranninae 129 



IV. The Becards. Tityrinae 131 



V. The Flycatchers proper. Muscicapinae 133 



VI. The Greenlets. Vireoninae I3S 



Family IV.— The Chatterers. Ampelid^ 136 



Sub-Family I. The Thick-heads. Pachycephalinae 137 



