CONTENTS. 



PAOE 



GENERAL INTRODUCTION iii 



PREFACE 3 



INTRODUCTION 7 



I. Physical Featubes of the State 7 



The Lake Shore District h) 



The PrairieB 13 



The Southern Bottom Lands 17 



Climate r» 



n. Chabactekisttc Features of the Avifauna or the State M 



Position with regard to Faimal Provinces or Districts 3') 



Migrations 31 



Bibliography 3ii 



BIRDS OF ILLINOIS 43 



Analysis of Higher Groups 44 



Order Passebes— The Passerine Birds 47 



Family Turdidaj (The Thrushes), 49— Family Sylviidie (The Warblers). 72— Family 

 - Pai idiE (The Titmice and Nuthatches), 78.— Family Certhiidae (The Creepers). 

 86.— Family Troglodytidie (The Wrens and Mocklng-Thrushes), 88.— Family 

 MotacillidfE (The Wagtails and Pipits), 109.— Family Mnlotiltidse (The American 

 Warblers), 113.— Family Viroonlda? (The Vireos). 179.— Family LaniidiB (The 

 Shrikes). 192.— Family AmpelidEB {The Waxwings), 198.— Family Hirundinid2B 

 (The Swallows). 203.— Family Tanagridae (The Tanagers), 214.— Family Fi ingil- 

 Ud£E (The Finches), 219.— Family Icteridffi (The American Orioles). 305.— Family 

 CorvidsB (The Crows and Jays), 329.— Family Alaudidae (The Larks), 336. 

 —Family Tyrannidaj (The Tyrant Flycatchers), 341. 



Order Mackochiees— The Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbirds 358 



Family TrochiUdfe (The Hummingbirds), 359.— Family MicropodidJB (The Swifts), 

 363.— Family Caprimulgidae (The Goatsuckers), 366. 



Order Pici— The Woodpeckers, etc 371 



Family PicidEe (The Woodpeckers), 371. 

 Order Coccyges- The Cuckoos, etc 3S9 



Family Alcedinidae (The Kingfishers), 389.— Family Cuculidae (The Cuckoos), 392. 

 Order Psittaci- The Parrots, etc 3% 



Family Psittacida) (The Parrots), 396. 



