CONTENTS. 



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GENERAL INTRODUCTION ill 



PREFACE 3 



INTRODUCTION 7 



I. PHYSICAL FEATUBES OF THE STATE 7 



The Lake Shore District 10 



The Prairies 13 



The Southern Bottom Lands 17 



Climate 19 



n. CHAEACTEEISTIC FEATUBES OF THE AVIFAUNA OF THE STATE 24 



Position with regard to Faunal Provinces or Districts 30 



Migrations 31 



BlBLIOGEAPHT 36 



BIRDS OF ILLINOIS 43 



ANALYSIS OF HIGHER GROUPS 44 



Order PASSEEES The Passerine Birds 47 



Family Turdidae (The Thrushes), 49. Family Sylviidse (The Warblers), 72. Family 

 -Paiidae (The Titmice and Nuthatches), 78. Family Certhiidae (The Creepers), 

 86. Family Troglodytidae (The Wrens and Mocking-Thrushes), 88. Family 

 Motacillidre (The Wagtails and Pipits), 109. Family Mniotiltidse (The American 

 Warblers), 113. Family Vireonidae (The Vireos), 179. Family Laniidae (The 

 Shrikes), 192. Family Ampelidae (The Waxwings). 198. Family Hirundinidae 

 (The Swallows), 203. Family Tanagridae (The Tanagers), 214. Family Pi ingil- 

 lidas (The Finches), 219. Family Icteridae (The American Orioles), 305. Family 

 Corvidaa (The Crows and Jays), 329. Family AlaudidaB (The Larks), 336. 

 Family Tyrannidas (The Tyrant Flycatchers), 341. 



Order MACEOCHIEES The Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbirds 358 



Family Trochilidae (The Hummingbirds), 359. Family Micropodidse (The Swifts), 

 363. Family Caprimulgidae (The Goatsuckers), 366. 



Order PICI The Woodpeckers, etc 371 



Family Picidae (The Woodpeckers), 371. 

 Order COCCYGES The Cuckoos, etc . 389 



Family Alcedinidae (The Kingfishers), 389. Family Cuculidae (The Cuckoos), 392. 

 Order PSITTACI The Parrots, etc 396 



Family Psittacidae (The Parrots), 3%. 



