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Sub-Family Galbulin.e ; JaCamars 137 



Paradise Jacamar — Galbula paradisea 137 



Great Jacamar — Jacamerops grandis 139 



Family Meropid.e ; Bee-Eaters 139 



Bee-Eater— Merops apiaster 140 



Azure-Throated Bee-Eater — Nyctiornisathertoni. . . . 140 

 Bullock's Bee-Eater — Melitlophagus buUocMi Ill 



Trilie Textirostres ; or Slender-Billed Birds 142 



Family UpuPID.fi; Sub-Family Epimachix.e : 



Rifle Bird — Neomorpha paradisea 142 



Superb Plume Bird — Epimachus magnus 145 



Sub-Family UpiPIX.E : 



Hoopoe — Upupa epqps 148 



Family Promerofid.e : 



Fiery-Tailed Sun-Bird — Nectarinia mctallica 151 



Dicaeum — I'iaeum hirundinaceum 154 



Azure Csereba — ' 'arreba cyanea. 155 



Scarlet Drepanis — Drepanis coccinea 156 



Family Mei.h'h auid.k ; Honey Eaters 157 



New Holland Honey -Eater — Meliphaga novas hol- 



landiaz 157 



Poe Bird — Prosthemadera ittmoe zeelandice 158 



Friar Bird — Tropidorhynchus corniculatus 100 



Brush Wattle Bird — Anthochara carunculata 100 



Family Tltuni [I.ID.E ; Humminii-Birds 101 



Ruby-Throated Humming-Bird — Trochilus colubris. 162 



Sword-Bill Humming-Bird — Docimastes ensifer 105 



Slender Shear-Tail — Thaumastura enicura 107 



Copper-Bellied Puff-Leg— .EHoCTieints cupreioentris 107 



Fiery Topaz — Topaza pyra, or pella 168 



Racket-Tail Humming-Bird — Discura longicauda 109 



White-Booted Racket-Tail— Spaf/mra underuxxxlii 169 



Columbian Thornbill— .R/ionip/iomscrwi heteropogon. 170 



Popelaire's Thorntail — Gouldia popelarii 171 



Rufous Flame-Bearer -Selasphorus rufus 171 



( Salle's Hermit— Pliaethornis augusti 172 



Jacobin Humming-Bird— Florisuga mellivora 173 



Linden's Helmet-Crest— Oxypogon lindenii 173 



Angela Star-Throat —Heliomaster angeloz 174 



Sickle-Bill Humming-Bird — Eutoxeres aquila 175 



Mars Sun-Angel — Heliangelus mavors. 175 



Spangled Coquette — Lophornis regnia. 170 



Bolivia Violet-Ear — Petasophora iulata 17S 



Sparkling-Tail — Tryphcena dupontii 17S 



Sappho Comet — Cometes spargayairus, or Sparganura 



sappho 178 



Yarrell's Woodstar -( 'alotlujrax yarrcllii 180 



Blue-Tailed Sylph —( 'yiulullius eyttnurus 181 



Cayenne Fairy — Huliotlirix auritus 181 



Avocet Humming-Bird— AooceMa recurvirostris 182 



Chimborazian H\\\-St\r—Ori:otrochiluschimborazo. . . 183 



Gilt-Crested Humming-Bird — Orthorhynchus exilis. . 185 



Vervain Humming-Bird— jMeMisuga minima 185 



Familii Certhid.e; Creepers; Sub-Family Fornarin^E. . . 187 



( )\ ■en-l'.ird — Furnarius rufus 18S 



Sub-family 1 Iexdrocolaptin.e : 



Curved-Billed Creeper — Bendrocolapies procurws. . . 189 



Sub-Family Certuin.e ; True Creepers 189 



Common Tree Creeper— Certhia famtiiaris 189 



Wall Creeper — Tichodroma murarius 191 



Sub-Family Sittix.e: 



Nuthatch— Sitta caesia 191 



Sub-Family Mencrix.e : 



Lyre-Bird — Menura superba 193 



Wren— Troglodytes vulgaris 197 



Tribe Dextirortres : or Toothed-Bill Birds 198 



Family Lisciniu.f. ; Sub-Family Malurin^e ; Soft-Tailed 



Warblers ' 198 



Tailor-Bird— Orthotonus bennettii 198 



Pinc-Pinc— Drymoka textrix 199 



Kmeii Wren — Stipitnrus malachurus 200 



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Sub- Family LusciNIN.E ; Soxg WaRBLERS 202 



Whitethroat — Sylvia undala 202 



Nightingale — Luscinia pliilomela 207 



Grasshopper Warbler — Ualamodyta locustella 209 



Sub-Family Erythacix.e ; Redbreast Variety 211 



Wheatear— Saxicola wnantlie 211 



Stonechat— Pratim ola rudicola. 212 



Redstart — Ruticilla phcetiicura 214 



Redbreast — Erytliacus rubecula 215 



Blue-Throated Warbler — Gyanecula suecica 218 



Dayal — C'opsychus sautaris 219 



Blue Bird— Sialia sialis 220 



Sub-Family Acckntorix.e ; Accentors 222 



Hedge Sparrow — Accentor modularis 222 



Sub- Family Parix.e ; Titmice 223 



Great Titmouse — Parus major 223 



Bearded Titmouse — Paroides biarmicus 227 



Sub-Family Mniotiltin.e ; Bush-Creepers 227 



Bush-Creeper— Zosterops palpebrosus 227 



Sub-Family Mot.u'II.lix.e ; Wagtails 228 



Pied Wagtail— MolacUla yarrellii 228 



White-Faced Ephthinniira— Epldhianura albifrons.. 230 

 Meadow Pipit — Anthuf pratensis 230 



Family TrRDiu.E, Thrushes ; Sub-Family Formicarix.e. . 233 



Black-Headed Pitta— Pitta melanocephala 233 



Dipper— Hydrobales i inctus 234 



Sub-Family Ti KDIN.F : 



Mocking-Bird — Mimus jiolygloltus 23J 



Missel Thrush — Turdus viscievrus 23S 



Sub-Family TlMii.IN.E ; BABBLERS 249 



Chestnut-Capped Timalia — Timalia pileata 249 



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

 Black-faced Thrush — Garrulax cliiiiensis. 250 



Sub-Family OniDi.is.r. ; ORIOLES 250 



Golden Oriole — Oriolus galbula 250 



Family Mi'scii'apid.e ; Fly-Catchers; Sub-Family Alec- 



trfrix.e; Cock-Tailed Birds. 252 



Yellow-Breasted Chat —It tcrin mridis . 253 



Cunningham's Bush Shrike — Quberneles yetapa 254 



Sub-Family Tyraxxis.e : 



King Bird — Tyrannus carolinensis 254 



Fork-Tailed Flycatcher -Milvulus tyrannus 257 



Sub-Family Muscicapix.*: ; Typical Fly-Catchers 257 



White-Shafted Fan Tail -Rhipidura albiscapa 257 



Paradise Flycatcher — Tchitrea paradisea 258 



Spotted Flycatcher — Muscicapa grisola 259 



King Tody — Muscivara regia 202 



Family Ampelid.e ; Chatterers ; Sub-Family Pachyceph- 

 alia 202 



Diamond Bird — Pardulotus punctatus 263 



Sub-Family 1'iFKiN.i: ; THE M is \kins 203 



Golden-Winged Manakin — Pipra chrysopiera...... 263 



Cock of the Rock — Rupicola aurantia . 204 



Green Calyptomena — Calyptomena viridis 205 



Sub-Family Ampf.lis.k ; Waxes 205 



Bohemian Waxwing — Ampelis garrvlus 205 



Bell Bird — Arapunga alba 268 



Sub-Family Campephagin.e ; the Caterpillar-Eaters. . 209 



Great Pericrocotus— Pm'crocoius speewsus 209 



Sub-Family Dicririx.e ; Double-Tailed Birds 270 



Wood Swallow — Arlamus sordidus. 270 



Great Dicrurus — Dicrunis grandis 271 



Family Laxiid.k; Shrikes; Sub-Family Lvxns.E 272 



Great Gray Shriki — Lanius excubitor 272 



Red-Backed Shrike — Enneoclonus or Lanius) oollurio 274 



Sub-Family Thamxophilix.e ; Bush-Shrikes. 277 



Vigors' Bush-Shrike — Thamnophilus oigorsii 277 



