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BIRDS 



CHAPTER I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. 



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Distinctive Characteristics of Birds Skeleton Skull External Characteristics Plum- 

 age Change of Plumage Eggs Migration Distribution Classification, . 1461 



CHAPTER II. PERCHING BIRDS, Order Passeres. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ORDER. The Crow Tribe (Corvidce) Ravens and Crows 

 (Corvus) Rook Jackdaw Nutcrackers (Nucifraga) Magpies (Pica} Azure- 

 Winged Magpies (Cyanopica) Blue Magpies (Urocissa) Indian Tree Pies (Den- 

 drocitta) Jays (Garrulus) Siberian Jay (Perisoreus) Long-Crested Jay ( Cyan- 

 ocittd) Urraca Jay ( Cyanocorax} Struthidea Piping Crows (Gymnorhina) 

 Choughs ( Graculiis) Chough Thrushes (Podoces) Huia Bird (Heteralocha) Birds 

 of Paradise (Paradiseidtz) Twelve- Wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucides) Allied 

 Genera Gorget Bird of Paradise (A strap ia) Wattled Bird of Paradise (Para- 

 digalla) Typical Group (Paradisea) King Paradise Bird (Cincinnurus) Wil- 

 son's Bird of Paradise (Diphyllodes) Six-Plumed Bird of Paradise (Parotia) 

 Standard Wing (Semioptera) Superb Bird of Paradise (I,ophorhina) Bower 

 Birds (Ptilonorhynchidez) Satin Bower Bird (Ptilonorhynchus) Spotted Bower 

 Bird (Chlainydodera) Gardener Bower Bird (Amblyornis) Starlings (Sturnidce) 



Typical Group (Sturnus) Rose-Colored Starling (Pastor) Other Genera 



Oxpeckers (Buphaga) Glossy Starlings and Grackles (Eulabetidce) African 

 Glossy Starlings (Lamprotornis and Lamprocolius) Grackles or Hill Mynas (Eu- 

 labes) Asiatic Glossy Starlings (Calornis) Drongos (Dicrurida) Orioles 

 (Oriolidce) Cassiques and Hangnests (Icteridce) Cassiques (Ostinops and Cassi- 

 cus) True Hangnests (Icterus) Ricebirds (Dolichonyx) Cowbirds (Molo- 

 thrus) Red-Shouldered Starling (Agelceus) Troupials (Quiscaltts) Weaver 

 Birds (Ploceidce) Ox Birds (Textor) White-Headed Weaver" (Dinemellia) 

 True Weaver Birds (Ploceus) Masked Weaver (Hyphantornis) Paradise Whydah 

 Birds (Vidua) Bishop Birds (Pyromelana) Sociable Weavers (Philceterus) 

 Cut-Throat Weaver Finches (Amadina) Munias (Munia) Blood Weaver Finches 

 (Estrilda) Tanagers ( Tanagridce) Violet Tanager (Euphonia) Scarlet Tana- 

 gers (Pyrangd) White-Capped Tanager (StephanopJiorus) Honey Creeper 

 (Ccerebid<z) West Indian Honey Creepers (Certhiola) Banana Quit, . . 1477 



CHAPTER III. PERCHING Birds, continued. 



FINCHES {Fringillidai) Grosbeak Group (Coccotkraustina} Greenfinches (Ligurinus) 



Hawfinches (Coccothraustes) Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Hedymeles) Red Car- 

 dinals (Cardinalis) True Finches (Fringillina) Chaffinches (Fringilla) Sis- 

 kins (Chrysomitris) Linnets (Linaria) Snow Finches (Montifringilla) Desert 

 Finches (Erytlirospiza) Rock Sparrows (Petronia) True Sparrows (Passer) 



Serin Finches (Scrinus) Canary Rose Finches ( Carpodacus) Bullfinches 

 (PyrrJiula) Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola) Crossbills (Loxia) Laysan Finch (Tele- 

 sfiza) The Buntings (Emberizince) Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax) Lapland 

 Bunting (Calcarius) Typical Group (Emberiza) Reed Bunting Common 

 Bunting Black-Headed Bunting Yellow-Breasted Bunting Yellow Bunting 



Cirl Bunting Ortolan Bunting Meadow Bunting Allied Genera, . . 1550 



CHAPTER IV. PERCHING BIRDS, continued. 



THE LARKS (Alaudidce) Skylarks (Alauda) Woodlark (Lullula) Crested Larks 

 (Galerita) Desert Lark (Al&mon) Short-Toed Larks (Calandrella) Calandra 



