VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF SOUTH CAROLIXA. '2"23 



ORDER PICARI.E. PICARIAN BIRDS. 



Birds witli four toes, the hinder small, sometimes absent, with a claw 

 shorter than that of the middle toe. Third and fourth toes. sometimes 

 with fewer than the normal number of joints; second and fourth some- 

 times versatile. Tail feathers eight to twelve, but usually ten ; primaries, 

 ten, 



A much varied group of peculiar birds, with imperfect musical powers. 

 Includes the humming birds, in some respects the most beautiful of 

 birds. Mostly insectivorous or carnivorous, and, with a few exceptions, 

 of great usefulness to the farmer. "Widely distributed over the globe, 

 except the humming birds, which are strictly American. 



TROCHILID.E. 



IJUBY-THROATED HUMMING BIIID. TrocMlus colubris, Linne. 



CYPSELID.E. 

 CIIIMNF.Y SWIFT OR " SWALLOW." Cliffitura pelasgica. { Linne) Baird. 



CAPRIMULGID.E. 



CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW. Antrostomus carolinensis, (Gm) Gold. 

 WHIP-POOE-WII,L. Caprimulgus vociferus, i Wils.) Bp. 

 NIGHTHAWK. Chordeiles popetue, (Vieillot) Bainl. 



PICID.E. 



IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER. Campephilus principalis. iLinne) Gray. 

 HAIRY WOODPECKER. Picus villosus, Linne. 

 DOWNY WOODPECKER. Picus pubescens, Linne. 

 RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER. Picus querulus. Wilson. 

 YELLOW-BELLIED AVOODPPX'KER. Sphyrapicus varius fLinne), Baird. 

 PILEATED WOODPECKER OR BLACK WO< iDCoCK. Hylotomus pileatus. 



(Linne) Baird. 

 RED-RELLIED WOODPECKER. Centunis carolinus. (Linne) Bp. 

 REDHEADED WOODPECKER. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. (Linne) Sw. 

 YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER. Colaptes auratus, (Linne) Sw. 



