CONTENTS 



PACE 



List of Illustrations 13 



Explanatory 15 



Introduction 17 



Order Passeres: Perching Birds 23 



Family Turdidae: Thrushes, Bluebirds, etc 23 



Family Sylviidae: Kinglets, etc 32 



Family Paridae: Nuthatches and Titmice 33 



Family Certhiidae: Creepers 38 



Family Troglodyudae : Thrashers, Wrens, etc 38 



Family Mniotiltidae: Wood Warblers 46 



Family Vireonidae: Vireos 63 



Family Laniidae: Shrikes 67 



Family Ampelidae : Waxwings 68 



Family Hirundinidae : Swallows 70 



Family Tanagridae : Tanagers 74 



Family Tringillidae : Finches, Sparrows, etc 76 



Family Icteridae: Blackbirds, Orioles, etc 92 



Family Corvidae: Crows and Jays 99 



Family Aludidae: Larks 104 



Family Tyrannidae: Flycatchers 105 



ORDER MACROCHIRES: Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds, 



Swifts, etc 112 



Family Trochilidae : Hummingbirds 112 



Family Micropodidae : Swifts 113 



Family Caprimulgidae : Nighthawks, Whip-poor- 

 wills, etc 114 



ORDER PlCl : Woodpeckers, etc 116 



Family Picidae : Woodpeckers 116 



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