vi CONTENTS. 



I'AQE. 



ORDER RAPTORES Birds of Prey . . . . . ; .192 



Family Cathartidse American Vultures ..... 192 



n Falconidse Vultures, Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. . 193 



n Strigidse Barn Owls .... . 222 



M Bubonidre Horned Owls, etc 224 



ORDER COCCYGES Cuckoos, etc. ....... 239 



Family Cuculidse Cuckoos, etc 239 



n A Icedinidse Kingfishers 242 



ORDER PICI Woodpeckers 243 



Family Picidre Woodpeckers . . . . . . 243 



ORDER MACROCHIRES Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc. .... 254 



Family Caprimulgidse Goatsuckers, etc. .... 254 



n Micropodidse Swifts 256 



n Trochilidse Hummingbirds 257 



ORDER PASSERES Perching Birds 258 



Family Tyrannidse Tyrant Flycatchers 258 



it Alaudidse Larks 269 



H CorvidsB Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc 272 



n Icteridse Blackbirds, Orioles, etc. .... 279 



ii Fringillidse Finches, Sparrows, etc. .... 290 



H Tanagridse Tanagers ....... 334 



u Hirundinidee Swallows . . . . . 336 



n Ampelidse Waxwings ...... 342 



n Laniidse Shrikes ....... 344 



M Vireonidse Vireos ....... :J48 



M Mniotiltidre Wood- Warblers 353 



n Motacillidre Wagtails 385 



., Troglodytidse Wrens, Thrashers, etc. . . . 386 



u Certhiidse Creepers . 398 



n Paridse Nuthatches and Tits 399 



n Sylviidas Warblers, Kinglets and Gnatcatchers . . 402 



n Turdidse Thrushes and Bluebirds .... 405 



ADDENDA 414 



GLOSSARY . . 415 



