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on a bough. Eggs white, spotted with brown or rufous. 

 Entire Old World. 



FAM. XXXIX. Hirundinida. (Swallows.) Nest of mud 

 and straw under eaves or in a barn ; retort-shaped and 

 made of clay ; or a scanty nest of grass in hole of bank 

 or tree. Eggs white, or white with reddish spots. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



Section B. Oligomyodce. 



FAM. I. Tyrannida. (Tyrant-birds.) Nest of various form 

 and material, of grass or moss, open or domed, suspended 

 from boughs, or in holes, etc. Eggs salmon-colour, with red 

 or brown spots, uniform bluish-green or scribbled over with 

 reddish-brown or purple. North and South America. 



FAM. II. Oxyrhamphidce. (Sharp-bills.) Nest and eggs un- 

 known. South America. 



FAM. III. Piprida. (Manakins.) Nest of grass, hair, leaves, 

 etc., suspended from low bush. Eggs two, yellowish-white, 

 with reddish or brown blotches. South America. 



FAM. IV. Cotingidce. (Chatterers.) Nest various, of sticks or 

 grass in holes or in trees, or of mud and sticks in caves. 

 Eggs of different colours, greenish-blue or brown, with 

 reddish spots, white, etc. South America. 



FAM. V. Phytotomida. (Plant-cutters.) Nest of twigs and grass- 

 fibre in bushes. Eggs bluish-green, marked with brown. 

 South America. 



FAM. VI. Philepittida. (Wattled Ant-Thrushes.) Nest and 

 eggs unknown. Madagascar. 



FAM. VII. Pittida. (Ant-Thrushes.) Nest globular or oven- 

 shaped, of rough grass and leaves on the ground, or in 

 a bush near the latter. Eggs white, with markings of 

 reddish or purple, four or five in number. Africa, India, 

 and China, Indo-Malayan Region, Australia. 



FAM. VIII. Xeniscidce. (New Zealand Wrens.) Nest domed, 

 of moss, among roots, or in hole of tree, or bottle-shaped in 

 hole of tree or building. Eggs white, or white with red 

 spots. New Zealand. 



