CONTENTS. 



Sub-Family GALBULIN^: ; JACAMARS 137 



Paradise Jacaniar Galbula paradisea 137 



Great Jacaniar Jacamerups grandis 139 



Family MEROPID/E ; BEE-EATERS 139 



Bee-Eater Merops apiaster 140 



Azure-Throated Bee-Eater Nyctiornis alkertoni . . . . 140 



Bullock's Bee-Eater Melittophagus bullockii 141 



Tribe TEXUIROSTRES ; OR SLEXDKR-BILLED BIRDS 142 



Family UPUPID^: ; Suit-Family EPIMACHIX^E: 



Rifle Bird Neomorpha paradisea 142 



Superb Plume Bird Epimachus magnus 145 



Sub-Family UPUPIX.E : 



Hoopoe Cpupa epops 148 



Family PROMEROPID^E: 



Fiery-Tailed Sun-Bird Neclarinia metallica 151 



Dicajum Dicaium Itirutulinaceum 154 



Azure Csereba Coereba cyanea 155 



Scarlet Drepanls Drepanis cocciriea. ... 156 



Family MELIPHAOID/E ; HONEY EATERS 157 



New Holland Honey -Eater Melipliaga nova: hol- 



landUs. . .\ 157 



Poe Bird Prostliemadera none leelaridiue 158 



Friar Bird Tropidurlii/nclius condculatus 160 



Brush Wattle Bird Antliocluera caruriculata 160 



family TROCHILID.E HUMMIXO-BIRDS 161 



Ruby-Throated' Humming-Bird Troc/iilus colubris. 162 



Sword-Bill Huinniing-Bird Docimastes eusifer 105 



Slender Shear-Tail Tliau.maatu.ra etuawa 167 



Copper-Bellied Puff-Leg Eriocnemis cupreiveiUris . , 167 



Fiery, Topaz Topata pyra, or pella -. . . 168 



Racket-Tail Humming- Bird Viscura longicauda. . . 169 



White-Booted Racket-Tail Spatlmra undericoodii . 169 



Columbian Thornbill liliompliamicron lieteropogon. . 170 



Popelaire's Thorntail Oouldia popelarii 171 



Rufous Flame-Bearer Selaspliorus rufus 171 



Salle's Hermit Phaelhomis augusti 172 



Jacobin Humming-Bird Florisuga mcllivora 173 



Linden's Helmet-Crest Oxypogon lindenii 173 



Angela Star-Throat Heliomaslcr anyelae 174 



Sickle-Bill Humming-Bird Eatoxeres aquila 175 



Mars Sun- Angel Huliangcluis mayors 175 



Spangled Coquette Lupkornis reyinae 176 



Bolivia Violet-Ear Pelasopliora iotato 178 



Sparkling-Tail Trypluxna dupantii 178 



Sappho Comet Cometes sparganurus, or Sparganura 



sappho 178 



Yarrell's Woodstar Calotliarax yarrelhi 180 



Blue-Tailed Sylph C'ynanthus cyanuna 181 



Cayenne Fairy HtAiolhrix auritits 181 



Avocet Humming-Bird Aoocetta recurvirostris 182 



Chimborazian Hill-St.ir Oreotrocliilus chimborato , . . 183 



Gilt-Crested Humming-Bird Ortliorhynclius exilis. . 185 



Vervain Humming-Bird Mellisuga minima 185 



Family CERTHID^E; CREEPERS; Hub-Family FURNARIN^E. . . 187 



Oven-Bird F urnarius rufus 188 



Sub-family DENDROCOLAPTIN^E : 



Curved-Billed Creeper Dendrocolaples procurous. . . 189 



Sub-Family CERTHIN^E ; TRUE CREEPERS 189 



Common Tree Creeper Certhia familiaris 189 



Wall Creeper Tichodrama murarius 191 



Sub-Family SITTINGS : 



Nuthatch Sitta cassia 191 



Sub-Family MEXURIX/K: 



Lyre-Bird Menura superba 193 



Wren Troglodytes vulgaris 197 



IVibe DENTIROSTRES ; OR TOOTHED-BILL BIRDS 198 



Family LUSCINID^F. ; Sub-Family MALORIN^E ; SOFT-TAILED 



WARBLERS 198 



Tailor-Bird Orthotamus benneltii 198 



Pine-Pine Drymoica textrix 199 



K iiii-n Wren Stijpibma malachurus 200 



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Sub-Family LUSCININ^: ; Soxo WARBLERS 202 



Whitethroat Sylvia undata 202 



Nightingale Luscinia pliilomela 207 



Grasshopper Warbler Calamodi/ta locustella 209 



Sub-Family ERYTHACINA: ; REDBREAST VARIETY 211 



Wheatear Saximla nenanthe 211 



Stonechat Pratirncola rvdicola.. .: 212 



Redstart liuticilla phainicura . . 214 



Redbreast Erytliacus rubecuia 215 



Blue-Throated Warbler Cyanecula suecica 218 



Dayal Copsychus sautaris 219 



Blue Bird Sialia sialis 220 



Sub-Family ACCENTORIN/E ; ACCENTORS 222 



Hedge Sparrow Accentor modularis 222 



Sub-Family PARING ; TITMICE 223 



Great Titmouse Parus major 223 



Bearded Titmouse Paroides biarmicus 227 



Sub-Family MNIOTILTIN/E ; BUSH-CREEPERS 22T 



Bush-Creeper Zosterops palpebrosus 227 



Sub-Family MOTACILLIN^E ; WAGTAILS 228 



Pied Wagtail Molacilla yarrcllii 228 



White-Faced Ephthianura EpMhianura albifrons. . 230 

 Meadow Pipit Ant/ms pralerisis 230 



Family TURDID., THRUSHES ; Sub-Family FORMICARI.N/K. . 23a 



Black-Headed Pitta Pitta melanocephala 233. 



Dipper Hydrobaies cinctus 334 



Sub-Family TvRmtif. : 



Mocking-Bird Mimus polygloltus 235 



Missel Thrush Turdus visciajrus 238 



Sub-Family TIMALIN^E ; BABBLERS 249 



Chestnut-Capped Timalia Timalia pileata 249 



Spotted Ground-Thrush Cinclosoma punctatum 249 



Black-faced Thrush Garrulax cliinensis 250 



Sub-Family ORIOLIX^E ; ORIOLES 250 



Golden Oriole Oriolus galbula 250 



Family MUSCICAPIDJJ : FLY-CATCHERS ; Sub-Family ALEC- 



TRURIN^E ; COCK-TAILEU BIRDS .' 252 



Yellow-Breasted Chat Icteria viridis 253 



Cunningham's Bush Shrike Gubernetes yetapa 254 



Sub-Family TTKANNINVE : 



King Bird Tyrannus oarolinensis 254 



Fork-Tailed Flycatcher Miteulus tyrannus 25T 



Sub-Family MUSCICAPIN^: ; TYPICAL FLY-CATCHERS 25T 



White-Shafted Fan Tail Kltipidura albiscapa i57 



Paradise Flycatcher Tchitrea paradisea 258 



Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa grisola 259- 



King Tody Muscimra regia 262- 



Family AMPELID.E ; CHATTERERS ; Sub-Family PACHYCEPH- 



ALINyE 262- 



Diamond Bird Pardulotus punctatus 263- 



Sub-Family PipRix^f, ; THE MAXAKIKS 263 



Golden-Winged Mauakin Pipra clirysoptera 263- 



Cock of the Rock Rupicola aurantia 264 



Green Calyptomena Calyptomena Hindis 265 



Sub-Family AMpELiNyfi ; WAXEN 265 



Bohemian Waxwing Ampelis garrulus 265 



Bell Bird Arapunga alba 268 



Sub-Family CAMPEPHAOIX^ ; THE CATERPILLAR-EATERS. .. 269 



Great Pericrocotus Pericrocotus speciosus 269 



Sub-Family DICRURIN.E ; DOUBLE-TAILED BIRDS 270 



Wood Swallow Artamus sordidus 270" 



Great Dicrurus Dicrurus grandis 271 



Family LANIID/E ; SHRIKES; Sub-Family LAXIIX^E 272 



Great Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor 272 



Red-Backed Shrike Enneoctonus ( or Lanius) couurio 274 



Sub-FamUy THAMNOPHILIN.E ; BUSH-SHRIKES 27T 



Vigors' Bush-Shrike ThamnophUus mgorsii 2TT* 



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