CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 



Dedication- i. 



EXPLAN'ATOUV iii. 



Prefack V. 



List oe Full-pace Ii.lvstratiuns xv. 



Descriptiox of Species Xos. 1-181. 

 Order Passeres — Perching Birds. 



Suborder OSCJXES — Song Birds. xos. 



Family Consider — The Crows and Jays 1-14 I 



Irtrriihc — The Troupials ^S'-~ 43 



friiu/illidcr — The Finches 2.^68 68 



Tanagridcc — The Tanagers 69 170 



Mniotiltida — The Wood Warblers 70-86 172 



.//flf^/irffT— The Larks 87-89 212 



MotacUUd(r — 'J'he Wagtails and l'i])its 90 221 



Tiirdida- — The Thrnshes 91-102 225 



.S>/ri;f/a-— The Old World Warblers. Kinglets. 



and Gnatcatchers 103-105 262 



Parid(L — The Titmice 106- 1 10 273 



Sittidu- — The Xnthatches 1 1 i-i 13 287 



Ccrtliiidcr — The Creepers 114. 115 295 



Troglodytidcc — The W'rens 11 fi-i 22 301 



Miinidcc — The Mockingbirds 123, 124 320 



C'uicUdiv — Tile Dippers 1 25 325 



llinnidiiiida- — The Swallows 126-132 329 



. hiipclidcc — The Waxwings 133. 134 348 



Laiiiidcc — The Shrikes LI5-1 37 352 



J'ircoiiida- — The \'ireos LV^-141 3.s8 



