LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xi 
FACING 
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LXXI.—Red-breasted Nuthatch; White-breasted Nuthatch 176 
LXXII.—Golden-crowned Kinglet ; eee Kinglet . 178 
LXXIIl.—Veery. . . . Sos loll SOP 
fo th fs a ee See | 
LXXV.—Hermit Thrush. . . .». «© « «» « 18 
FIGURES IN THE TEXT. 
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"L "Restoration of the Archexopteryx, a toothed, Wcaciee: bird 
of the Jurassic period . 2 3 
2. End of spearlike tongue of Pileated Woodpecker 6 Oat. >, a 
3. Tip of tail of (a2) Downy Woodpecker, (b) Brown Creeper, to 
show the pointed vm te in tuils of creeping birds of different 
families. « 36 
4. Young Lloatzin, dhiowing ws use of ‘hooked jingere't in climbing » 
5. Short, rounded wing and large foot of Little Black Rail, a ter- 
restrial bird . 18 
6. Long, pointed “tea and small foot of Tree Swallow, an aérial 
bird 4: « Seely Wis es 18 
7, Frigate-bird at mes fh gy ae 
8. Great Auk, showing relatively small wing ‘ ome 
9. Wing of Woodcock, showing three outer attenuate feathers . 24 
10, Jacana, showing spurred wing and elongated toes... 24 
11, Tail-feathers of Motmot (Momotus subrufescens), showing newly 
grown feathers and results of self-inflicted mutilation - 26 
12. Lobed foot of Coot (Fulica americana), a swimming bird of 
the Rail family . 27 
18. Lobed foot of a Phalarope ( Crymophilue “fulicarius), a swim- 
ming bird of the Snipe family .  . 27 
14. Flamingo, showing relative length of legs and neck i in a wed 
ingbird. . . 28 
15. Foot of Fish Hawk, showing laree claws and sploules on ander 
surface of toes : 29 
16. Naked toes of Ruffed Grouse in summer ; fringed toes of Ruffed 
Grouse in winter . ’ 29 
17. Decurved bill of Sickle-bill Hummingbird Pee 
18. Serrate bill of Merganser, a fish-eating bird .  . 82 
19. Probelike bill of Woodcock, = extent to which upper 
mandible can be moved. . 32 
BO. Heourved billof Avocet. . . .« « «© © « 8 
21. BillofSpoonbill Sandpiper . . + +» + «+ «+ 8 
