CONTENTS 



Family Waxwings: Bombycillidse 209 



Family Silky Flycatchers: Ptilogonatidae 209 



Family Shrikes: Laniidse 210 



Family Vireos: Vireonidae 211 



Family Wood Warblers: Compsothlypidae 215 



Family Wagtails: Motacillidae 226 



Family Dippers: Cinclidae 227 



Family Thrashers and Mockingbirds: Mimidse 227 



Family Wrens: Troglodytidae 231 



Family Creepers: Certhiidae 236 



Family Nuthatches: Sittidse 237 



Family Titmice, Chickadees, and Bush-Tits: Paridae 240 



Family Kinglets and Gnatcatchers: Sylviida3 244 



Family Wren-Tits: Chamaeidaj 247 



Family Thrushes, Solitaires, and Bluebirds: Turdidae 248 



APPENDIX 



Descriptions of birds rare in this region 255 



FIELD COLOR KEYS TO SPECIES OF THE FOLLOWING FAMILIES 

 AND ORDERS: 



Ducks: Family Anatidse 266 



Shore-Birds: Order Limicolse 268 



Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Family Accipitridse 270 



Owls: Families Aluconidae and Strigidse 272 



Woodpeckers: Order Pici 273 



Flycatchers: Family Tyrannidae 27 



Sparrows: Family Fringillidae 276 



Wood Warblers: Family Compsothlypidae 278 



LIST OF BIRDS TREATED IN THIS BOOK ARRANGED ACCORDING TO 

 A.O.U. CHECK-LIST - 281 



REFERENCE LIST OF BOOKS 295 



INDEX 297 



COLORED PLATES 



ARIZONA HOODED ORIOLE Frontispiece 



From a drawing by Allan Brooks 



LIFE-ZONE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA xvii 

 LIFE-ZONE MAP OF SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES xviii 



LIFE-ZONES OF MOUNT SAN JACINTO xx 



