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BIRDS 

 CHAPTER I.— General Characteristics. 



PAOF 



Distinctive Characters of Birds— Skeleton— Skull— External Characters— Plumage— Change 



of Plumage— Eggs— Migration— Distribution— Classification, .... 289 



CHAPTER II— Perchixg-Birds,— Order Passeres. 



Characters of the Order.— The Crow Tril ie (Conridce) — Bavens and Crows (Gorvus)— Book- 

 Jackdaw— Nutcrackers (Nucifraga)— Magpies (Pico)— Azure-Winged Magpies (Gyano- 

 pica)— Blue Magpies (Vrocissa)— Indian Tree-Pies (Dendrocitta)— Jays (Gam/las)— 

 Siberian Jay (Perisoreus) — Long-Crested Jay (Gyanocitta)— Urraca Jay— (Gyanoco 

 — Struthidea— Piping Crows (Gymnorhina)— Chougl (Grocuta) — Chough - Thrushes 

 (Podoces)— Huia-Bird (Heteralocha)— Birds of Paradise (Paradiseidx) — Twelve- Wired 

 Bird of Paradise (Seleucides) — Allied Genera — Gorget Bird of Paradise (Astray 

 Wattled Bird of Paradise (ParadigaUa) — Typical Group (Paradisea) — King Paradise- 

 Bird (Gincinnurus) — Wilson's Bird of Paradise (Ztiphyllodes) — Six- Plumed Bird of 

 Paradise (Parotia) — Standard- Wing (Semioptera) — Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorhina) 

 — Bower-Birds (Ptilonorhynchida) — Satin Bower -Bird (Ptilonorhynchus) — Spotted 

 Bower-Bird (Ghlamydodi ra) — Gardener Bower-Bird (Amblyornis) — Starlings (Sturnida) 

 Typical Group (Sturrms) — Rose - Coloured Starling (Pastor) — Other Genera — Ox- 

 Peckers (Buphaga) — Glossy Starlings and Grackles (Eulabetida) — African Glossy 

 Starlings (Lamprotornis and LamprocoUus) — Grackles or Hill Mynas (Eulabes) — Asiatic 

 Glossy Starlings (Calornis) — Drongos (l)imirida) — Orioles {Oriolida) — Cassiques and 

 Hangnests (Icteridce) — Cassiques (Ostinops and Casskus) — True Hangnests (Icterus) — 

 Rice-Birds (Dolichonyx) — Cow- Birds (Molothrm) — Red-Shouldered Starling (Agelmus) 

 — Troupials (Quisealus) — Weaver-Birds (Ploceida:) — Ox-Birds (Testor)— White-Headed 

 Weaver (Dim nu Uia) — Tine Weaver-Birds (Ploceus) — Masked Weaver (Hyphantomis) — 

 Paradise Whydah Birds (Vidua) — Bishop-Birds (Piirwiii la im) — Sociable Weavers 

 (Philosterus) — Cut- Throat Weaver- Finches (A madina) — Muniaa (Mv n id) — Blood 

 Weaver-Finches (Estrilda) — Tanagers (Tanagridce) — Violet Tanager (Euphonia)— 

 Scarltl Tanagers (Pyranga)- White-Capped Tanager (Stephanophorus) — Honey- 

 Creeper (Cosrebid<p) — West Indian Honey-Creepers (Gerthiola) — Banana-Quit, . . 305 



CHAPTER III.— Perching-Birds,— continued. 



Fixches (Fringillida) — Grosbeak Group (Coccothraustince) — Greenfinches (Ligwrinus) — Haw- 

 finches (Goccothraustes) — Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Hedymeles) - Red Cardinals (Cardin- 

 alis) — True Finches (Fringillince) — Chaffinches (Friiaiilla)— Siskins (Chrysomitris)— 

 Linnets (Linaria) — Snow-Finches (Montifringilla) — Desert Finches (ErytJvrospiza) — 

 Rock-Sparrows (Petronia)— True Sparrows (Passer) — Serin Finches (Serinus)— Canary 

 Rose-Finches (Carpodacus) — Bullfinches (Pyrrhula) — Pine-Grosbeak (Pinicola)- 

 Crossbills (Loxia) — Laysan Finch (Telespiza) — The Buntings (Emberizina;) — Snow- 

 Bunting (Plectrophenaz)— Lapland Bunting (Calcarius) — Typical Group (Ember 

 Reed Bunting — Common Bunting — Black-Headed Bunting — Yellow-Breasted Bunting 

 — Yellow Bunting— CM Bunting— Ortolan Bunting — Meadow Bunting — Allied 

 Genera, .... ....... 377 



CHAPTER IV.— Perching-Birds,— continued. 



The Larks (Alaudidce) — Skylarks (Alauda) — Woodlark (Lullula) — Crested Larks (Galerita) — 

 Desert-Lark (Ala-mon) — Short-Toed Larks (Calandrella) — Calandra Larks (Melano- 

 corypha) — Horned Larks (Otocorys) — The Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidce)—Wagtsiik 



