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Sub-Family Galbulin.k ; Jacamars 137 



Paradise Jacaniar — Galbula jiaradisea 13" 



Great Jacaniar — Joi-mnci'ops grandis 139 



FamUy Meropid/K ; Bee-Eaters 139 



Bee-Eater — Merojis apiasler 140 



Azure-Throated Bee-Eater — NycUomisalherloni UO 



Bullock's Bee-Eater — MdMopliagun bulluckii lil 



Tribe Texuirostres ; or Si.ENDKR-BiLLEn Birds 142 



Family Upupid.k; Sub-Family Ehimacuin.e: 



Eifle Bird — S'euinuiylia iniradisea 142 



Superb Plume Bird — Epimachus magmis 145 



Sub-Family Uplipin.k : 



Hoopre — I- 'pupa epops 148 



Family Promeropid/e: 



Fiery-Tailed Sun-Bird — Nectarinia inctallica 151 



DiciEuni — Vica:um liirimdinaceum 154 



Azure Csercba — Careba cyanea 155 



Scarlet Drepanis — Drvpanus cocdnea 156 



Family Meeipiiagid.e ; Honey Eaters 157 



New Holland Honey - Eater — Mclijihaga iimiE hol- 



landiiv 157 



Poe Bird — Prustliemadera iimiB zeekmdue 158 



Friar Bird — TropidLrrliyiiehus corniculatus 160 



Brush Wattle Bird — -iidhocli.cera caraiicalala 160 



Family Trochilid.e ; Hummino-Birds 161 



Kuby-Tlu'oated Huniming-Bird — Trochilus wlubiis. 162 

 Sword-Bill Huniniing-Bird — Ihciinasleii citsijcr. .... 165 



Slender Shear-Tail — TUauinastura enitura 167 



Copper-Bellied Putf-Leg — Eriuvneinia cupreivoidris . . 167 



Fiery Topaz — Topaza pyra, or puUa 168 



Raeliet-Tail Huinjning-Bird — Discard lougieauda . . . 169 

 White-Booted Racket-Tail — Spalliura undcriomdii. 169 

 ColuMiljian ThornbiU — lihompkomicroii heteropogon. . 170 



Popelaire's Thorntail — Goaldia pojjclarii 171 



Kufous Flame-Bearer — ■S'eia.qVioru.s rtifus 171 



Salle's Hermit — PliactlioraLs auguMi 172 



Jacobin Humming-Bird — Fliyrisiigii mdlivora 173 



Linden's Uelnict-Crest — 0-xy]iog(m Undenii 173 



Angela Star-Throat — UeHumaslcr angeUe 174 



Sickle-Bill Huniming-Bird — Eutoxeres aquila 175 



Mars Sun- Angel — Ilciiangdus manors 175 



Spangled Coquette — Lophi/mu rogiiuE 176 



Bolivia Violet-Ear— /"fia.wp/iora iolata 178 



Sparkling-Tail — Trypkaaia dupvnUi 178 



Sappho Comet — Vonwtes sparganurus, or Sparganura 



sappho 178 



Yarrell's Woodstar — Calothorax yarrdlii 180 



Blue-Tailed Sylph— C'l/HOiii/iits cyanurus 181 



Cayenne Fairy — lldiulhrix aurilns 181 



Avocet Huniming-Bird — Avocetta rcmrvirostris 182 



Chimborazian Hill-Stir — Orcolrochibis diimborazo . . . 183 

 Gilt-Crested Hiunniing-Bird — Orthorhynchus exUis. . 185 

 Vervain Humming-ISird — Mdlisuga minima 185 



FamUy Certhid^e ; Creepers; Sub-Family Fvwh.'&I'SM. . . 187 

 Oven-Bird — Funirtriu.s rufus 188 



Sub-family Dendrocolaptin.e : 



Curved-Billed Creeper — Dendrocolaptes procurvus. . . 189 



Sub-Family Certhin.e ; True Creepers 189 



Common Tree Creeper— Cerf/iia familiaris ISO 



Wall Creeper — Tickodroma mwarius 191 



Sub-Family SiTTi.v.t;: 



Nuthatch— SiVta ca;sia 191 



Sub-Family Me.surin.e : 



Lyre-Bird — Menura superba 193 



Wren — Troglodytes vulgaris lOT 



Tribe Dentirostres ; or Toothed-Bill Birds 198 



FamUy LusciNiDyK ; Sub-Family MALURiNiE ; Soft-Tailed 



Warblers 198 



Tailor-Bird— (>r(/iofcm«s benruitlii 198 



Pinc-Pinc — Ilrynwica textrix 199 



Emen Wren — Stipiturus maladMrus 200 



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Sub-Family Li'sciNix.E ; SoXG Warblers 202 



Whitethroat — Sylvia undata 202 



Nightingale — Lusciida pkituinelu 207 



Grasshopper Warbler — Calamudyla locustella 209 



Sub-Family ERYTHAClNyE ; Redbreast Variety 211 



Wheatear — Saxicola oinantke 211 



Stonechat — Fratincola rudivola 212 



Redstart — liutioilla phandcura 214 



Redbreast — Erythacus rubecula 215 



Blue-Throated Warbler — Cyanecula sMcica 218 



Dayal — Copsydms sanUiris 219 



Blue Bird — Sialia sialis 220 



Sub-Family Accentorin.k ; Accentors 222 



Hedge Sparrow — Accentor modularis 222 



Sub-Family Parin.e ; T1T.MICE 223. 



Great Titmouse — Parus major 223 



Bearded Titmouse — Paroides biarmicus 227 



Sub-Family Mxiotiltin.e ; Bush-Creepers 227 



Bush-Creeper — Zostei'02^s pnlpcbrosus 227 



Sub-Family Motacillin.e ; Wagtails 228 



Pied Wagtail — Motacilla yiirrdlii 228 



White-Faced Ephthianura — EpIUhianura alljifruns.. 230 



Meadow Pipit — AiUhus pratcnsis 230 



Family Turdid.e, Thrushes ; />'«6-Fami7i/ Formicarix.e. . 233 



Black- Headed Pitta — Pitta melanaccphala 233 



Dipper — Ilydrobates ductus 334 



Sub-FamUy Turdix.e: 



Mocking-Bird — Mimus pulyglottus 285 



Missel Thrush — Turdus visciajrus 238 



Sub-Family Timalix.e ; Babblers 249 



Chestnut-Capped Timalia — Timalia pileata 249 



Spotted Ground-Thrush — Cinclosoma punciatum . . . . 249 



Black-faced Thrush — Garrulax cliinensis 250 



Sub-Family Oriolix.e ; Orioles 250 



Golden Oriole — Orialus galbula 250 , 



Family Muscicapid^ : Fly-Catcuers ; Sub-FamUy Alec- 



TBURiN^ ; Cock-Tailed Birds 252 



Yellow-Breasted Chat — Ictcria viridis 253 



Cunningham's Bush Shrike — Gubernetes yelapa 254 



Sub-Fatniiy Tyranxin^: 



King Bird — Tyrarmus carolinensis 254 



Fork-Tailed Flycatcher — Milvulus iyrannus 251 



Sub-Family MusciCAPix.t: ; Typical Fly-Catchers 257 



White-Shafted Fan Tail — lildpidura alljiscapa 257 



Paradise Flycatcher — Tdiitrea paradisca 258^ 



Spotted Flycatcher — Muscicapa grisola 259' 



King Tody — Must^ivi^a regia 262. 



Family Ampelid.e ; Chatterers ; Sub-Fandly Pachtcepu- 



ALIX.E 262 



Diamond Bird — Pardulotus punclatus 26S 



Sub-Family Piprix.e ; THE Manakixs 263 



Golden-Winged Manakin — Pipra ckrysoptera 263. 



Cock of the Rock — Ilupicola aurantia 264 



Green Calyptomena — Calypiomeua viridis 265 



Sub-Family AmpeliN/E ; Waxen 265 



Bohemian Waxwing — Ampelis garrulus 265 



Bell Bird — Arapunga allia 208 



Sub-Family Campepuagin.e ; the Caterpillar-Eaters... 269 



Great Pericrocotns — Pcricrocotus sjif^aosus 269 



Sub-Family D1CBURIN.E ; Double-Tailed Birds 270 



Wood Swallow — Artamus sordidus 270- 



Great Dierurus — Dicrurus graridis 271 



Family LANiiD.fi; Shrikes; Sub-Family Laniix.*: 272 



Great Gray Shrike — Lnyiius: exculdtor 272 



Red-Backed Shrike— £'imeortoiiH.s-( or ianius) cotlurio 274 



Sub-Family Thamnophilix.e ; Bush-Shrikes 277 



Vigors' Bush-Shrike — Thamnophilus vigursii . . 277' 



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