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THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS. Order Charadriiformes 350 



Laro-Limicolae: The Plovers, Snipes, Curlews, etc., 351. The Sheath-bills, 374. The 

 Crab-Plovers, 375. The Pratincoles and Coursers, 376. The Seed-Snipes, 379. The 

 Thick-knees, 380. The Jacanas, 382. The Gull Tribe, 386. The Auks, Puffins, and 

 Murres, 396. Pteroclo-Columbae : The Sand Grouse, 405. The Dodo and Solitaire, 409. 

 The True Pigeons, 413. 



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THE CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS. Order Cziculiformes 441 



The Cuckoos, 442. The Plantain-eaters, 451. The Parrots, 454. 



CHAPTER XXV 



THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS. Order Coraciiformes 480 



The Rollers, 480. The Motmots and Todies, 485. The Kingfishers, 489. The Bee- 

 eaters, 496. The Hornbills, 501. The Hoopoes, 508. The Owls, 511. The Oil-bird, 

 541. The Frogmouths, 542. The Goatsuckers, or Nightjars, 546. The Hummingbirds, 

 553. The Swifts, 561. The Colics, 569. The Trogons, 571. The Jacamars and Puff- 

 birds, 576. The Barbets and Honey-guides, 580. The Toucans, 583. The Woodpeckers 

 and Wrynecks, 586. 



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THE SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS. Order Passeriformes 603 



Eurybemidae : The Broad-bills, 605. Clamatores: The Pittas, 609. The Asities, 611. 

 The Rifleman and New Zealand Wrens, 611. The Sharp-bills, 615. The Tyrant-birds, 

 615. The Manakins, 621. The Chatterers, 623. The Plant Cutters, 629. The Wood 

 Hewers, 631. The Oven-birds and allies, 633. The Ant-birds, 635. The Ant-Pipits, 

 637. The Tapacolas, 638. Pseudoscines : The Lyre-birds, 640. The Scrub-birds, 643. 

 Oscines: The Larks, 644. The Wagtails and Pipits, 651. The Fork-tails, 656. The 

 Babbling Thrushes, 657. The Bulbuls, 662. The Flycatchers, 665. The Thrushes, 671. 

 The Wren-Thrushes, 686. The Mockingbirds, 686. The Dippers, 690. The Wrens, 

 694. The Wren-Tits, 697. The Old World Warblers, 698. The Kinglets, 704. The 

 Swallows, 705. The Cuckoo-Shrikes, 713. The Drongos, 717. The Wax wings, 719. 

 The Silky Flycatchers, 720. The Palm Chats, 721. The Wood Swallows, 723. The 

 Vanga-Shrikes, 724. The Shrikes, 724. The Wood Shrikes, 734. The Helmet-birds, 

 737. The Vireos, 739. The Nuthatches, 742. The Coral-billed Nuthatch, 745. The 

 Titmice and Chickadees, 747. The Orioles, 753. The Bower-birds, 755. Birds-of- Para- 

 dise, 759. The Crows and Jays, 770. The Starlings, 785. The Glossy Starlings and 

 Grackles, 790. The Honeyeaters, 792. The White-eyes, 797. The Sun-birds, 799. 

 The Flower-peckers, 802. The Creepers, 805. The Honey Creepers, 807. The Hawai- 

 ian Honey Creepers, 809. The Wood Warblers, 81 1. The Tanagers, 816. The Weaver- 

 birds, 819. TheTroupials, 824. The Swallow-Tanagers, 830. The Plush-capped Finches, 

 830. The Finches and Sparrows, 831. 



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