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CON T E N T S 



BIRDS 



CHAPTER VIII.— PiCARiAxX Bmi)H,— continued. 



The Cuckoos {Cuculid(e)— Crested Cuckoos (CWy.sVe.^)— Hawk-Cuckoos (Ilieroromjx) — True 

 Cuckoos {Giiculus)—Go\den Cuckoos {Chalcoromj.r)— American Cuckoos {(Jorcyzus) — 

 Koeh{Eudiinamis)—Long-C\a\yedCoucah{Chdro2ms)—l{ahi-Cnckoos{Plim^^^ 

 — Grouiifl-Cuckoos {Neomorphincc) — Savana and Guira Cuckoos {CrotopluHja and 

 Guira) — The Plantain-Eaters {Musophaijidoc) — Crimson - Winged Plantain - Eaters 

 (Tm-acus) — Great Plantain-Eater {Corytliecola), ...... 1 



CHAPTER IX.— PiCARiAX V,nu)i<,—conduded. 



The Trogoxs {Tro(j(mid(i')—T\\e Colies (6'oKwte)— The Huniming-Birds (Trochilid(i:)—Savf- 

 Beaked Group — Jamaican Humming-Biixi (^JEthurun) — White-Crowned Humming- 

 Bird (Microchcra) — Intermediate Group — Fork-Tailed Humming-Birds (Leshia) — 

 Smooth-Beaked Group — Curved-Billed Hermits (Eidoxeres) — True Hernuts (Plmeth- 

 orvis) — Sword-Bill Humming-Bird {Dnrimades) — RivoH Humming-Bird (Evgenex) — 

 King Humming-Birds {Topiaa) — Hill-Stars (Oreotrorhilus) — Giant Humming-Bird 

 {Pakujona) — Racket-Tailed Humming-Bird {Loddvjeda) — Double-Crested Humming- 

 Bird {Hdiadin) — Cocj_uettes {Lophonm) — The Swifts (Micropodidiv) — True Swifts 

 (Microjjus) — Pied Swift (Aeronautes) — Feather-Toed Swifts (Pmiypfila)— 'Edible Swifts 

 (C'hcetwa and Collocalia) — Tree-Swifts (Marrajiteryx) — The Nightjar.", {C'aprimulgidcv) — 

 True Nightjars (Qqrrimnlfivii) — Leona Nightjar (Marrodipteryx) — Standard-Winged 

 Nightjar {Uosmetornin) — Fork-Taih^l Nightjars {Jlndropaalia., etc.) — Nacunda Nightjar 

 (Po(%er)— Wood Nightjars (A>r^//>;^^,s•)— The T.ulies {Tod id a)— The Motmots {Momo- 

 tidce) — True Motmots (Momotus) — Broad-Beaked ^fotmots (Enmomota) — The Bee- 

 Eaters (Meropidre) — Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eaters {Dichrocermn) — S([uare-Tailed Bee- 

 Eaters {Melittopluujus) — ^True Bee-Eaters (Mero'ps) — Celebean Bee-Eater (Mesopuijon) — 

 Bearded Bee -Eaters (Nycfiornis) — The Hoopoes {Upnpidcv) — The Wood-Hoopoes 

 {Irrisorid(f) — The Hornbills (Burcrotidre) — Ground-Hornbills (linromx) — Rhinoceros 

 Hoi-nbills {Bnccros, etc.) — Great Pied, or Two-Ibu'ued Hornbill (] >idi()ceros) — Wedge- 

 Tailed Hornljills (Lnphorerofi) — Solid-Billed Hornbill {Rliinnplux) -The Kingfishers 

 (Alcedinida') — Stork-Billed Kingfishers {I'cUmiopdii, etc.) — Pied Kingfishers (Ceryle) — 

 Typical Kingfishers {Alcedo) — Three-Toed Insectivorous Kingfishers (Ceyo; etc.) — 

 Laughing Kingfishers (Dardo) — Wood-Kingfishers (Halcyon) — Long-Tailed Kingfishers 

 (Tanydptera) — The Rollers {('oraciidrc) — True Rollers {('ontcicin) — Broad-Billed Rollers 

 (Eari/dannis) — The Kiroumljos {Lcptosomatidir) — The Frog-^Iouths (I'oildniida/) — 

 Typical Frog- Mouths (Podanjuf:) — Eared Frog-I\Iouths (Ihifnicho.'ituiiiia^) — Owlet Frog- 

 Mouths {^EyotlidcK) — Tlie Oil-Bird or Guacharo (Sfeatornifldda'), . . .15 



CHAPTER X.— The Parrot Tribe,— Order Psiftuci. 



Characteristics of the Order — Distribution and Habits — Nestor Parrots (Nestorida') — The 

 Lories and Lori(piets (Loriida) — True Lories (Loriuii) — Loriipiets (Trichoijlonsiig) — 

 Arfak Parrot {'Jreopsittacms) — The VydopaittacidAe — The Cockatoos {CaviUnidu) — Great 



