CONTENTS vii 



ORDER COCCYGES: CUCKOOS, ETC 193 



Family Cuculidse : Anis, Road-runners, and Cuckoos . . . 193 



Family Trogonidae : Trogons 197 



Family Alcedinidae : Kingfishers 198 



ORDER PICI : WOODPECKERS, ETC 200 



Family Picidse : Woodpeckers . . . . . . . 200 



ORDER MACROCHIRES : GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, AND HUMMINGBIRDS 222 



Family Caprimulgidae : Goatsuckers 222 



Family Micropodidae : Swifts 229 



Family Trochilidse : Hummingbirds 232 



ORDER PASSERES : PERCHING BIRDS 245 



Family Cotihgidae : Cotingas 245 



Family Tyrannidae : Tyrant Flycatchers . . . . .245 



Family Alaudidae : Larks 265 



Family Corvidae : Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc 269 



Family Sturnidae : Starlings 285 



Family Icteridse : Blackbirds, Orioles, etc. ^ . . . . 285 



Family Fringillidae : Finches, Sparrows, etc. . . . . 303 



Family Tanagridae : Tanagers . 379 



Family Hirundinidae : Swallows 382 



Family Ampelidse : Waxwings and Phainopeplas . . . 387 



Family Laniidae : Shrikes . . . 391 



Family Vireonidae : Vireos 394 



Family Mniotiltidae : Wood Warblers 401 



Family Motacillidae : Wagtails 431 



Family Cinclidae : Dippers 432 



Family Troglodytidae : Wrens, Thrashers, etc. . . . . 433 



Family Certhiidae : Creepers 451 



Family Paridae : Nuthatches and Tits 452 



Family Sylviidae : Kinglets, Gnatcatchers, etc 463 



Family Turdidae: Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds, etc. . 467 



APPENDIX. 



Color Key to Genera of some of the Common Passerine Birds . 479 



ADDENDA 486 



INDEX . . 545 



