CONTENTS. 



Page 

 BlOOBAPHICAL NOIIOE . ^ 



Editob's Pkeface . ■ ^ 



Preface to the Obiginal Edition ^^ 



ERRATA. 



Page 25, line 7, for '' JPlanesticus " read " Merula ". 



Page 124, lines 17 and 18, oriiit " ^Red-poll' Warbler" ; and for 

 " Palm Warble)'" read " Yellow Palm Warbler". 



Page 87, footnote 44. This should have been supplemented by 

 the following statement: "The Kentucky Warbler has been thrice 

 taken in Connecticut ; — at Suffield, August 16, 1876, by Mr. E. I. 

 Shores (Merriam, Eev. Birds Conn., 1877, p. 22) ; at West Strat- 

 ford, May 30, 1888, by Mr. W. H. Lucas (Lucas, Orn. & Ool., Vol. 

 XIV, April, 1889, p. 62) ; and at Greenwich, Fairfield County, July 

 10, 1892, by Mr. Clark G. Voorhees (Voorhees, Auk, Vol. X. Janu- 

 ary, 1893, p. 86). The last-named observer reports finding a pair of 

 old birds accompanied by a ' well-fledged nestling.' — W B." 



21. Swifts (CypselidcB) 31U 



22. Hummingbirds {Trochilidm) 313 



23. Kingfishers (Alcedinidm) 317 



24. Cuckoos (Cuculidm) • 319 



25. Woodpeckers (Picidce) . ■ • ■ ■ 323 

 Chapter III. Foubth Order. Baptores 339 



26. Owls (Strigidm) 340 



27. Hawks and Eagles (Falconidm) 359 



28. American Vultures (Cathartidw) 392 



