NO. 13 CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS WETMORE 



Family Troglodytidae, Wrens. 



Mimidae, Thrashers, Mockingbirds. 

 Turdidae ," Thrushes. 

 Zeledoniidae, Wren-thrushes. 

 Sylviidae, Old World Warblers. 

 Regulidae, Kinglets. 

 Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers. 

 Prunellidae, Accentors, Hedge Sparrows. 

 Motacillidae, Wagtails, Pipits. 

 Bombycillidae, Waxwings. 

 Ptilogonatidae, Silky Flycatchers. 

 Dulidae, Palm-chats. 

 Artamidae, Wood-swallows. 

 Vangidae," Vanga Shrikes. 

 Laniidae, Shrikes. 

 Prionopidae, Wood-shrikes. 

 Cyclarhidae, Pepper-shrikes. 

 Vireolaniidae, Shrike-vireos. 

 Sturnidae,'' Starlings. 

 Melithreptidae, Honey-eaters. 

 Nectariniidae, Sun-birds. 

 Dicaeidae,'" Flower-peckers. 

 Zosteropidae, White-eyes. 

 Vireonidae, Vireos. 

 Coerebidae, Honey-creepers. 

 Drepanididae, Hawaiian Honey-creepers. 

 Compsothlypidae, Wood Warblers. 

 Ploceidae, Weaver-finches. 

 Icteridae, Blackbirds, Troupials. 

 Procniatidae, Swallow-tanagers. 

 Thraupidae, Tanagers. 



Catamblyrhynchidae, Plush-capped Finches. 

 Fringillidae, Grosbeaks, Finches, Buntings. 



" Includes the group of fork-tails placed by some in the family Enicuridae. 



" Includes the genus A'crocharis that has been separated by some as the family 

 Aerocharidae. 



^'^ Includes the glossy starlings or Graculidae of various authors. 



'"According to E. Mayr, Orn. Monatsb., vol. XLI, 1933, pp. 112-113, Para- 

 mythia, formerly separated in a distinct family, Paramythiidae, is an aberrant 

 member of the Dicaeidae. 



