588 INDEX. 



Family of Dentirostres continued. 



Wrens ....... 



"Wagtails ....... 



Titlarks 



Family of Fissirostres 



Divided into two tribes, diurnal and nocturnal 



Diurnal fissirostres 



Swallows ... ... 



Swifts 



Nocturnal fissirostres 



Goatsuckers 



Family of Conirostres ..... 



Larks ....... 



Titmice ....... 



Finches ....... 



Weavers, linnets, goldfinches, chaffinches, canary, bul 

 finch ...... 



Crows ....... 



Birds of paradise 



The emerald bird of paradise 

 Family of Tenuirostres .... 



Nuthatches . . . . . . 



Creepers 



Humming-birds 



Hoopoes . . ... 

 Family of Syndactylae 



Bee-eaters ....... 



Kingfishers ...... 



Hornbills ....... 



Order of Scansores or Climbers .... 



Peculiarity in the outer toe of birds of this order 



Woodpeckers ...... 



Their remarkable tongue .... 



Wrynecks 



Cuckoos 



Toucans, how distinguishable . 



Parrots ....... 



Order of Gallinaceous Birds .... 



Divided into two sections .... 

 Family of Gallinacese, properly so-called 



Turkeys . . .... 



Peacocks . 



Guinea-fowls 



Pheasants 



Barn-door fowl . 



Curassows 



Grouse 



Capercailzie 



Pigeons 

 Order of Running Birds 



Family of ostriches 



True ostriches . 



African ostrich 



American ostrich 



