CONTENTS. 



THE SEARCHERS {Investigaiores). 



The CLliVfBERS. The Climbing Birds {^Scansor) : — The Tenuirostral. The Flower Birds (Certkiola). 

 The Blue Birds (Careba) : — The Sai, or Blue Caereba. The Pitpits [Certhiola] :— The Banana Quit, or 

 Black and Yellow Creeper. The Honeysuckers {Nectarinia] :— The Abu-Risch. The Fire Honey- 

 suckers {.'Eihopyga) : — The Cadet. The Bent-beaks (Cyrtostomus) : — The Australian Blossom Rifler. 

 The Spider-eaters (Arachnothera). The Half-bills {Hemignaihus) : — The Brilliant Half-bilL The 

 Hanging Birds [Arachnocestra] : — The True Hanging Bird. The Honey-eaters {I\Ie'iphaga). The 

 True Honey-eaters (Myzomela) : — The Red-headed Honey-eater. The Tufted Honey-eaters 

 (Piilolis) : — The Yellow-throated Tufted Honey-eater. The Brush Wattle Birds (Melichdera) : — The 

 True Brush Wattle Bird— The Poe, or Tui. The Friar Birds (Tropidorhyncus) :— The " Leatherhead." 

 The Hoopoes [Upupa] : — The Common Hoopoe. The Tree Hoopoes (Irrisor) : — The Red-beaked Tree 

 Hoopoe . . . . ; 1-15 



The Tree Cli.mbers {Anabata). The Bundle-nests (Pkacellodomus) :— The Red-fronted Bundle-nest, or 

 Climbing Thrush. The Oven Birds {Fiirnarms) : — The Red Oven Bird. The Ground Woodpeckers 

 (Geositta) : — The Burrowing Ground Woodpecker. The STAiR-BE..iKS (Xenops) : — The Haiiy-cheeked 

 Stair-beak. The Nuthatches (Sitla) : — The Common Nuthatch — The Syrian Nuthatch. The Creepers 

 {SitteUa) : — The Bonneted Creeper. The Wall Creepers (Tichodroma) : — The Alpine or Red-winged 

 Wall Creeper. The True Tree Creepers {drt/iia) -.—The Tree Peckers. Tree Climbers 

 (Scandentes) : — The Common Tree Creeper — The Sabre-bill — The Woodpecker Tree-chopper. The 

 Woodpeckers [Picidd). The Black Woodpeckers (Dryocopus) : — The European Black Woodpecker. 

 The Giant Woodpeckers [Campephilus] :—The_ Imperial Woodpecker — The Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 

 The Black Woodpeckers {Melanapes) : — The Red-headed Black Woodpecker — The Ant-eating Black 

 Woodpecker. The Variegated Woodpeckers {Picus) : — The Great Spotted Woodpecker— The Harle- 

 (^'lin Woodpecker — The Three-toed Woodpecker. The Green Woodpeckers (Gcciiius) : — The Green 

 Woodpecker. The Cuckoo Woodpeckers (Colaptes) :— The Golden-winged Woodpecker — The Red- 

 shafted or Copper Woodpecker —The Field Woodpecker. The Soft-tailed Woodpeckers {Picumnus): 

 — The Dwarf Woodpecker. The Wry-necks ( F»«j:) : — The Wry-neck 15-4S 



Humming Birds. The Humming Birds {Stridor). The GiAnt Gnomes (Eusiephamts) :— The Giant 

 Humming Bird— The Sword-bill Humming Bird. The Gnomes (Polytmiis) :— The Saw-bill— The Sickle- 

 billed Humming Bird. The SUN Birds {Phdetornis) :— The Cayenne Hermit. The Mountain Nymphs 

 (OreolroMlus) -. — Ths Chimborazian Hill-star. The Sabre-wings (Campy/cpttrus) -.-De Lattrei's 

 Sabre-wing. The True Sabre-wings {Platystyloplcnis) : — The Fawn-coloured Sabre-wing. The Jewel 

 Humming Birds {Hypophanid) : — The Crimson Topaz Humming Bird — The Black-capped Humming 

 Bird. The WoOD Nymphs (Lampornis) :— The Mango Humming Bird— The Ruby and Topaz Wood 

 Nymph. The Flower l>i\->.i-eHS (Florisugus) :— The Brazilian Fairy. The Flower Suckers (/7i;r««fa): 

 — The Pied Jacobin. The Fairies (Trochilus) : — The Ruby-throated Fairy Humming Bird. The 

 A.methyst Humming Birds {Cailihplox) -. — The Amethyst Humming Bird. The Woodstars 



