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tribe Coxirostbes ; or Coke-Billed Birds 277 



Family Corvid/E ; Sub-Family Phoxooamix.e ; Pipixg 



Crows 277 



Piping Crow Shrike — G-ymnorhina tibicen 278 



Pied Crow Shrike— Strepera graculina 279 



Sub-Family Garrulix.e ; Talkative Birds 279 



Jay — Gamdus glandarius 279 



American Blue Jay — Cyanocorax cristatus, or Cyano- 



citta cristata 281 



Hunting Cissa — Gissa sinensis 2S4 



Sub-Family Calleatix.e ; Tree Crows 285 



Benteot — Crypsirhina varia 2S5 



Wandering Pie — Temnurus vagabundus, or Dendro- 

 citta rufa 286 



Sub-Family Corvix.e ; True Crows 287 



Raven — Cot-bus corax 2S7 



Bald Crow — Picathartes gymnocephalus 300 



Nutcracker — Nunifraga caryocatactes 300 



Magpie — Pica caudata 302 



Sub-Family Gymxoderix.e ; Fruit Crows 305 



Bare-Necked Fruit Crow — Gymnoderus fmtid.us 306 



Umbrella Bird — Ccphakypterus omatus 307 



Sub-Family Pyrrhocoracin.-e ; Scarlet Crows 308 



Chough — Coratia gracula, or Fregilus graculus 308 



Family Paradiseid.e ; Birds ok Paradise. 310 



Kins-Bird of Paradise — Paradisea regia 310 



Family Sturxid.e; Starlixgs; Sub-Family Ptii.oxorhyx- 



cui-e; Glossy Starlixgs 314 



Satin Bower Bird — Plilonorhyuchus holosericeus 314 



Spotted Bower Bird — Chlamydera maculata 315 



Sub-Family Graculin.e ; Grakles 316 



Mino Bird — Gracula musica 316 



Sub-Family Bupuagix.e ; Beef-Eaters 31S 



African Beef-Eater — Buphaga erythrorhyncha 318 



Sub-Family Sturxix.e ; True Starlixgs 319 



Rose-Colored Pastor — Pastor roseus 319 



Common Starling — Sturnus vulgar-is 320 



Sub-Family Quiscalix.e ; Boat-Tailed Birds 321 



Great Boat-Tail — Quiscalus major 321 



Sub-Family Icterix.e ; Haxg-Nest Birds 322 



Orchard Oriole — Xanthomas nanus 322 



Baltimore Oriole — Yphantes baltimore, or Icterus gal- 



bula 324 



Crested Oriole — Cacicus cristatus, or Ostinops cristata 325 

 Sub-Family Axgelaix.e : 



Cow-Bird — ilolothrus pecoris 326 



Red- Winged Starling — Agelaius phosniceus 328 



Bobolink — Bohchonyx oryzivorus 331 



Family Frixgillid.e; Fixches ; Sub-Family Plocbin^: . . . 332 



Sociable Weaver Bird — Philetaerus socius 333 



Paradise Widah Bird — Vidua paradisea 336 



Sub-Family Coccothraustix.e ; Hawfixches 336 



Cardinal Grosbeak — Cardinalis virginianus 336 



Sub-Family TaXagrix.e ; Taxagrixe Birds 339 



Scarlet Tanager — Pyranga rubra 339 



Sub-Family Frixgillix.e ; True Fixches 341 



Gouldian Finch — Amadina gouldii 341 



Goldfinch — Fringilla carduelis 341 



Sparrow — Passer domesticus 346 



White-Throated Span-uw — Zonotrichia albicollis 347 



Sharp-Tailed Finch — Ammodromus caudacutus 348 



Sub-Family Emberizix.e ; Buxtixgs 348 



Yellow Bunting — Embcriza citrinella 348 



Black-Throated Bunting — Euspiza americana 351 



Snow Bunting — Pleetrophanes nivalis. 352 



Sub-Family Alaudix.e ; Larks , 354 



Sky-Lark — Alauda arvensis 354 



Pencilled Lark— Otocoris pencillatus 356 



Sub-Family Pyrrhulix.e : 



Bullfinch — Pyrrhula rubicilla 358 



Sub-Family Loxian.e ; Crossbills 361 



Crossbill — Loxia curvirostris 361 



Sub-Family Phytotomix.f. ; Plaxt-Cutters 363 



Chilian Plant-Cutter— Phyloioma rara 363 



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Family Colid.e: 



Senegal Coly — Colius macrourus 364 



Family Musophagid.e ; Sub-Family Musophagix.e; Plax- 



Taix-Eaters 365 



Violet Plantain-Eater — Musophaga violacea 365 



White-Crested Touraco — Turacus albocristatus 366 



Blue Plantain-Eater — Schizorhis gigantea 366 



Sub-Family Opisthoco.mix.k : 



Hoatzin — Opistliot omits cristatus 367 



Family Bucerotid.e ; Horxbills 367 



Rhinoceros HornbiH — Buceros rlunoeeros 368 



Order SCANSORES; or CLIMBING BIRDS 371 



Family Rhamphastid.e : 



Toco — Rhamphastos toco 371 



Family Psittaciii.e ; Farrots ; Sub-Family Pezoporix.f. ; 



Grouxd Parrakeets 374 



Parrakeet Cockatoo — Nymphicus novce hollandus. . . . 374 

 Yellow-Bellied Parrakeet — Platycercus caledonious. . 376 



Ground Parrakeet — Pezophorus formosus 377 



Ringed Parrakeet — Palaeornis torquatus 378 



Warbling Grass Parrakeet— Mekrpsittacus undulatus 381 

 Blue-Banded Grass Parrakeet— Euphema chrysostoma 383 

 Scaly-Breasted Lorrikeet — Trichoglossus chlorolepi- 

 dotus 383 



Sub-Family Araix.e ; Macaws 384 



Blue and Yellow Macaw — Ara ararauna 3S4 



Carolina Parrot — Gonurus carolinensis 3S6 



Sub-Family Lorix.e ; Lories 389 



Papuan Lory — Charmosyna papua 389 



Purple-Capped Lory — Lorius domicettus, or Somicella 

 alricapilla 390 



Sub-Family Psittacix.e ; True Parrots 391 



Gray Parrot — Psittacus erythacus 391 



Festive Green Parrot— Chrysotis festivus 394 



Swinderu's Love-Bird — Psittacula suinderniana 396 



Sub-Family Cacutuix^e ; Cockatoos 396 



Goliath Aratoo — Wcroglossus aterrimus 396 



Great White Cockatoo — Cacatua cristata, or Plictolo- 



phus moluccensis 398 



Philip Island Parrot— Xcslor productus 400 



Helmet Cockatoo — Calyptorrhynchus galeatus 403 



Owl Parrot — Stringops habroptUus 405 



Pesquet's Dasyptilus — DasyptUus Presquetii 405 



Family Picid.e ; Woodpeckers ; Sub-Family Cafitoxix.£; 



Barbets 406 



Hair-Breasted Barbet — Laimodon hirsutus 406 



Sub-Family Picumxix.k ; Piculets 407 



Pigmy Piculet — Picumnus minutus 407 



Sub-Family Picix.K ; True Woodpeckers 408 



Great Spotted Woodpecker— Picus major 408 



Ivory-Billed Woodpecker — Gampephilus principalis. . 411 

 Sub-Family Gecixix.e ; Greex Woodpeckers 415 



Green Woodpecker— Geanus (or Picus) nitidis 415 



Sub-Family Malaxerpix.e ; Black Woodpeckers : 



Red-Headed Woodpecker — Melanerpes (or Picus) 



\ erythrocephalus 418 



Sub-Family Colaptixj. ; Grouxd Woodpeckers 419 



Gold-Winged Woodpecker— Colaptes auratus 419 



Sub-Family Yuxcix.e : 



Wryneck — Jynx torquilla 421 



Family CucuLiD.fi ; Cuckoos ; Sub-Family Ixdicatorix.e 423 



Great Houey Guide— Indicator major 423 



Sub-Family Saurotherix.f. ; Grouxd Cuckoos 425 



Rain-Bird — Saurothera vetula 425 



Sub-Family Coccyzix.e ; Lark-Heeled Cuckoos 426 



Pheasant Cuckoo — Centropis phasianus 426 



Yellow-Billed American Cuckoo — Coccygus ameri- 



canus 421 



Sub-Family Crotophagix.f. : 



Savannah Blackbird— Crotophaga ani 42,8 



Channel-Bill — Scythrops novae hoUandias 430 



Sub-Family Cuculix.k ; True Cuckoos 431 



Cuckoo — Cuculus canorus 431 



Order COLUMILE; DOVES and PIGEONS 435 



