SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Xlll 



14. Hoopoe tribe. Have a bluntish bill, curved downwards, 

 and feet formed for perching page 148 



Common Hoopoe tf>. 



15. Creeper tribe. -Have a sharp-pointed bill, curved down- 

 wards, and feet formed for perching 149 



Common Creeper , *& 



16. Humming-bird tribe, Have a slender bill, tubular at the 

 end, and curved downwards, and feet formed for perch- 

 ing 150 



Least Humming-bird .... 150 | Red-throated ditto 151 



OEDER III. PASSERINE BIRDS. 



In these the bill is conical and pointed ; and the nostrils are oval, 

 open, and naked. 



17. Stare tribe Have the bill straight, slender, and taper- 

 ing, somewhat flattened at the end 152 



Starling ib. 



18. Thrush Tribe.- Have the bill tapering and pointed, the 

 upper mandible notched on each side near the end, and 

 the base flattened at the sides 152 



Song Thrush, or Throstle 152 I Blackbird 153 



Fieldfare 153 | 



19. Grosbeak tribe.~-Ha.ve the bill very thick at the base, and 



of a conical form, being convex both above and below . . 154 



Crossbill 154 I Greenfinch 155 



Bullfinch 155 I Sociable Grosbeak 156 



20. Bunting tribe. Have the bill thick and somewhat conical, 



its under mandible broader than the upper one, and 

 turned inward at the edges -. 157 



Yellow Hammer 157 | Ortolan ib. 



21. Finch tribe. Have a bill thick, conical, and sharp-pointed 158 



Chaffinch 158 I Common Linnet 160 



Goldfinch 159 Common Sparrow ib. 



Canary Bird ib. \ 



22. Fly-catcher tribe. Have a bill tapering, pointed, the upper 

 mandible notched near the end, and the base flattened 

 and fringed with bristles 161 



Spotted Fly-catcher . 



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