CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 17 



1892. Hermit Thrush. 



Family. Rock Inhabilers. Bill, shorter, wings long and pointed ;feet, small. 



Genus. Bluebirds. Mostly blue above. 



1893-94. Bluebird. 1895-96. Same, females. 



Family. Wrens. Wings, short; bill, short and more curved. 



1895. House \Vren. Size, small; tail distinctly banded. 



1896. Brown Thrasher, larger, tail long. 



1897.. Catbird. Color, nearly uniform slaty-gray. 

 Family. Titmice. Wings, short ; tail, long ; plumage, fluffy. 

 1898-99. Chickadee. Top of head and throat, black. 

 Family. Nuthatches. Tail, short ; wings, long ; bill, straight. 



1900. White-bellied Nuthatch. 



Family. Tree Creepers. Tail, long with each feather pointed; bill, 

 curved . 



1901. Brown Creeper. Brown, streaked with lighter. 



Family. Crows and Jays. Bill, stout and conical ; nostrils, concealed by 

 feathers. 



1902. Blue Jay. Wings, short ; tail, long. 



1903. Fish Crow. Legs, long. 



Family. Vireos. Small birds with rather stout bills. 



1904. Red-eyed Vireo. Dark line through eye. 



1905. White Vireo. Yellow about eye. 



Family. Waxwings. Wings, long with shaft of secondaries often expan- 

 ded at termination. 



1906. Cedar Bird. No white on wing. 



Family. Swallows. Wings, long ; bill, short ; gape, wide. 



1907. Tree Swallow. Pure white beneath. 



Order. Songless Perchers. Syrinx with out complicated singing muscles 

 Tarsus without two sets of scales ( see Singing Perchers, page 7 ) . This or- 

 der in America is represented by Flycatchers. 



1908. Kingbird. Top of head with concealed orange spot. 



1909. Phoebe. Olive brown above; whitish beneath. 



Order. Woodpeckers. Wings, long ; tail, short and with stiffened, point 

 ed feathers. Toes, two in front and two behind. 



1910. Downy Woodpecker. Outer tail feathers spotted. 



1911. Flicker. Bill, somewhat curved. 



Order. Cuckoos. Tail, long and graduated. Toes, two in front and 

 two behind. 



1912. Black-billed Cuckoo. White spots on tail not prominent ; no yel- 

 low on bill . 



Order. Kingfishers. Bill long ; wings long : tail short. 



1913. Belted Kingfisher, male, with bluish belt. 



1914. " " female, with a second beltof reddish brown. 

 Other birds will be added to the collection as fast as thev can be purchased 



when supplementary catalogues will be issued. 



