vl CONTENTS. 



PAQE 



Order GALLING The Gallinaceous Birds 184 



Family Tetraonidae The Grouse, Partridges, etc 184 



" Phasianidffi The Pheasants, Turkeys, etc 205 



" Craeidse The Curassows and Guans 207 



Order COLUMB.S The Pigeons 210 



Family Columbidae The Pigeons 210 



Order KAPTOKES The Birds of Prey 218 



Family Cathartidas The American Vultures 218 



" Falconidae The Falcons, Hawks, etc 222 



" Strigidae The Barn Owls 255 



" Bubonidse The Horned Owls, etc 255 



Order PSITTACI The Parrots, Macaws, Paroquets, etc 268 



Family Psittacidae The Parrots, etc 268 



Order COCCYGES The Cuckoos, etc 271 



Family Cuculidse The Cuckoos 271 



" Trogonidae The Trogons 275 



" Momotidae The Motmots 277 



" Alcedinidse The Kingfishers 278 



Order PICI The Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc 280 



Family Picidae The Woodpeckers 280 



Order MACROCHIRES The Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc 297 



Family Caprimulgidae The Goatsuckers 297 



" Micropodidae The Swifts 302 



" Trochilidse The Hummingbirds 303 



Order PASSERES The Perching Birds 321 



Family Cotingidae The Cotingas 323 



" Tyrannidae The Tyrant Flycatchers 326 



" Alaudidse The Larks 346 



" Corvidae The Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc 350 



" Sturnidte The Starlings '. . . 364 



" Icteridse The Blackbirds, Orioles, etc 365 



" Fringillidae The Finches, Sparrows, etc 382 



" Tanagridae The Tanagers 453 



" Hirundinidas The Swallows 457 



" Ampelidao The Waxwings, etc 463 



" Laniidae The Shrikes 465 



" Vireonidae The Vireos 468 



" Ccerebidae The Honey Creepers 479 



" Mniotiltidae The Wood Warblers 480 



" Motacillidae The Wagtails 532 



" Cinclida& The Dippers 538 



" Troglodytidse The Wrens, Thrashers, etc 538 



" Certhiidffi The Creepers 557 



" Paridae The Nuthatches and Tits 558 



" Sylviidse The Warblers, Kinglets, and Gnatcatchers 566 



" Turdidse The Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, Bluebirds, etc 571 



APPENDIX 5J53 



INDEX 595 



