CONTENTS. 



PACK 



EDITOR'S PREFACE 5 



INTRODUCTION 9 



i. GENERAL DEFINITIONS 9 



2. PREPARATION OF SPECIMENS FOR STUDY . . .21 



3. THE SUBJECT OF FAUNAL AREAS 34 



4. ON THE LITERATURE OF NEW ENGLAND ORNITHOLOGY 41 

 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND 51 



Family Turdidce : Thrushes . . . .51 



Saxicolida : Stone Chats, &c. . . 67 



Sylviidce : Sylvians . ... 71 



Parida : Titmice 82 



Sittidce: Nuthatches .... 87 



CerthiidcB : Creepers 90 



Troglodytida : Wrens 93 



Alaudidce: Larks 102 



MotacillidcE : Wagtails 104 



Sylvicolida : American Warblers . .106 



Tanagridcz: Tanagers . . . .177 



Hirnndinida : Swallows . . . .181 



Ampelidce : Waxwings . . . .191 



Vireonidcz: Greenlets . . . -195 



