CONTENTS. 



THE OWLS (Strigina). 



The Day Owls [Surnia) : — The Sparrow-hawk Owl — The Snow Owl. The Stone Owls (Athene) :— The 

 Stone Owl Proper. The Burrowing Owls [Pholcoptynx): — The Brazilian or Rabbit Owl — The 



Prairie Owl. The SPARROW Owls (Mkroptyiix) ; — The European Sparrow Owl. The Eared Owls, 



or Uhus (Bubo) :— The Uhu — The Short-eared Uhu— The Milk-white Uhn— The Virginian Uhu The 



Brown Fish Owl — The Woodland Owl — The Marsh Owl. The Dwarf Eared Owls (Scop) : — The 

 Dwarf Eared Owl ................. 84-99 



The NOCTURNAL Owls :— The Tree Owl— The Hairy-footed Owl. The EILED Owls (Strix) r— Kirchhoff's 



Veiled Owl — The Flame Owl, or Barn Owl 99-103 



THE GAPERS (Mantes). 



The Swallows (Hirundd). The True Swallows (Ctcropis) :— The Chimney Swallow — The Senegal 



Swallow — The Thread-tailed Swallow — the Martin or Roof Swallow ...... 104-1 11 



The Mountain or Shore Swallows (Cotyle) :— The Rock Swallow— The Sand Martin— The Ariel Swallow. 

 The Wood Swallows (Atticora) :— The Striped Wood Swallow. The Sailor Swallows (Progne) :— 

 The Purple Swallow . . . . . . . . . , , . . . 111-115 



The Swifts (Cypselus). The Tree Swifts (Dendrochelidon) :— The Klecho. The Salanganes (Collocalia) :— 

 The Salangane Proper — The Kusappi. The Prickly-tailed Swifts (Acanthylis) : — The White- 

 throated Prickly-tailed Swift— The Dwarf Swift— The Palm-tree Swift— The Steeple Swift— The Alpine 

 Swift . 1 15-124 



The Night Jars, or Goatsuckers ( Caprimulgus) :— The Nacunda. The Twilight Night Jars 

 (C/wrdeiles) : — The Night Falcon — The Common Goatsucker — The Resplendent Goatsucker. The 

 Bristled Night Jars (Antrostomus) :— The Whip-poor-Will. The African Night Jars (Scotornis). 

 The Lyre-tailed Night Jars (Hydropsalis) : — The Lyre-tailed Night Jar. Macrodipteryx : — The 

 Long-winged Macrodipteryx — The Streamer-bearing Night Jar, or "Four Wings." The Giant Goat- 

 suckers (Nyctibius) :— The Ibijau, or Earth-eater— The Guachero, or Oil Bird. The Owl Swallows 

 (Podargus) : — The Dwarf Owl Swallows (ALgotheles) : — The True Dwarf Owl Swallow. The Giant 

 Owl Swallows (Podargus) : — The Giant Owl Swallow. The Frog-mouths (Batrachoslomns) : — The 

 Plumed Frog-mouth 124-140 



THE SINGING BIRDS (Osanes). 



The Tooth-eeaked Singing Birds (Dentirostres). The Shrikes (Lauius) : — The Sentinel Butcher Bird, or 

 Great Grey Shrike— The Southern Shrike— The Grey, or Black-browed Shrike. The Butcher Birds 

 Proper (Euneoctoims) : — The Red-backed Shrike, or True Butcher Bird — The Red-headed Shrike, or 

 Wood Chat— The Masked Shrike. The Thick-headed Shrikes (Pcuhycephalus) :— The Falcon Shrike. 

 The Bush Shrikes [Malaconotus). The Flute-voiced Shrikes (Laniarius) :— The Scarlet Shrike — 

 The Flute Shrike. The Hooded Shrikes :— The Tschagra— The Helmet Shrike. The Crow 

 Shrikes (Cracticus) :— The Magpie Shrike. The Raven Shrikes (Thamnophilus) :— Vigors' Raven 

 Shrike. The Drongo Shrikes (Edolius) :- The King Crow, or Finga. The Drongos (Chaplia) :— 

 The Singing Drongo. The Flag-bearing Drongos (Edottus or Dissemurus) : — The Bee King. The 

 Dro.ngo Shrikes. The Swallow Shrikes (Artamiiis) : — The Wood Shallow Shrike . . 140-158 



