CONTENTS 



BIRDS 



_ CHAPTER VIII.— PiCARiAN Bm-DS,—contimied. 



The Cuckoos {Cuculidce) — Crested Cuckoos (Coccystes) — Hawk-Cuckoos {Hierococcyx) — True 

 Cuckoos (Cuculus) — Golden Cuckoos (Chalcococcyx) — American Cuckoos (Coccyzus) — 

 Koels (Eudynamis) — Long-Clawed Coucals (Gentropus) — Rain-Cuckoos (PhosnicopcBince) 

 — Ground - Cuckoos (Neomorphince) — Savana and Guira Cuckoos (Crotophaga and 

 Guira) — The Plantain-Eaters (Musophagidoe) — Crimson - Winged Plantain-Eaters 

 (Turacus)—Qveat Plantain-Eater (Corythecola), ...... 



CHAPTER IX. — PiCARiAN Birds, — concluded. 



The Trogons (Trogo)iid(e) — Tlie Colies (Goliidce) — The Humming-Birds (Trochilidce) — Saw- 

 Beaked Group— Jamaican Humming-Bird {Mthurus) — White-Crowned Humming- 

 Bird (Microchera) — Intermediate Group — Fork-Tailed Humming-Birds (Lesbia) — 

 Smooth-Beaked Group — Curved-Billed Hermits (Eutoxeres) — True Hermits (Phaeth- 

 ornis) — Sword-Bill Humming-Bird (Docimastes) — Rivoli Humming-Bird (Eugenes) — 

 King Humming-Birds (Topaza) — Hill -Stars (Oreotrochilus) — Giant Humming-Bird 

 (Patcogona) — Racket-Tailed Humming-Bird (Loddigesia) — Double-Crested Humming- 

 Bird (Heliactin) — Coquettes {Lophornis) — The Swifts (Micropodidce) — True Swifts 

 (Micropus) — Pied Swift (Aeronautes) — Feather-Toed Swifts (Panyptila) — Edible Swifts 

 (Ghcetura and Gollocalia) — Tree-Swdfts (Macropteryx) — The Nightjars (Gaprimulgidce) 

 True Nightjars (Caprimulgus) — Leona Nightjar (Macrodipteryx) — Standard -Winged 

 Nightjar ((7os?we<ornis)— Fork-Tailed Nightjars {Hijdropsalis., etc.) — Nacunda Nightjar 

 (Podager) — Wood Nightjars (Nyctibius) — The Todies (Todidce) — The Motmots (Momo- 

 tidce) — True Motmots (Momotus) — Broad-Beaked Motmots (Eumomota) — The Bee- 

 Eaters (Meropidce) — Swallow- Tailed Bee-Eaters (Dichrocercus) — Square-Tailed Bee- 

 Eaters (Melittophagus) — True Bee-Eaters (Merops) — Celebean Bee-Eater (Mesopogon) — • 

 Bearded Bee-Eaters (Nyctiornis) — The Hoopoes {Upnpidm) — The Wood-Hoopoes 



