CONTENTS. 



PAOR 



EDITOR'S PREFACE 5 



INTRODUCTION . . . . 9 



}i. GENERAL DEFINITIONS 9 



2. PREPARATION OF SPECIMENS FOR STUDY . . .21 



3. THE SUBJECT OF FAUNAL AREAS 34 



4. ON THE LITERATURE OF NEW ENGLAND ORNITHOLOGY 41 

 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND 51 



Family Turdida : Thrushes . . . .51 



Saxicolidcz : Stone Chats, &c. 67 



Sylviidce : Sylvians . ... 71 



Parida : Titmice 82 



Sittida: Nuthatches .... 87 



CerthiidcE : Creepers 90 



Troglodytida : Wrens 93 



Alaudidce: Larks . . . . ' . 102 



Motacillidcz : Wagtails 104 



Sylvicolidce : American Warblers . .106 



Tanagridce : Tanagers . . . .177 



Hirundinida : Swallows . . . .181 



Ampelidce : Waxwings . . . .191 



Vireonidce: Greenlets . . . -195 



