Families of Birds 157 



grass, bents, etc. Eggs of various colours, plain or 

 spotted or marbled. Old World generally. 



F.\M. XXXI. Tiii-didic. (Thrushes.) Nest of various materials, 

 cup-shaped, in trees or holes. Eggs various, plain blue, or 

 bluish with red and brown markings. Cosmopolitan. 



Faim. XXXII. Citulidiv. (Dippers.) Nest domed, of moss, 

 under a rock or roots of a tree. Eggs white. Europe, 

 Northern Asia and the Himalayas, iMountains of North 

 and Central America and the Andes. 



Fam. XXXIII. Troglodytidtc. (^Vrens.) Nest domed and 

 rounded, with an opening on the side, made of moss and 

 lined widr feathers, in a hole of tree or building, or against 

 stems or trellis-work ; in some species suspended in reeds. 

 Eggs white, or white slightly speckled with reddish and 

 grey. Europe, Northern Asia, and Himalayas, North and 

 South America. 



Fam. XXXIV. Alimidic. (Mocking-birds.) Nest of twigs or 

 rootlets, in bushes and trees. Eggs plain, bluish-green, or 

 green speckled with rufous. North and South America. 



Fam. XXXV. Tiineliida. (Babbling-Thrushes.) Nest various, 

 a rough domed nest of leaves and grass on the tjround, or 

 cup-shaped of moss, etc. Eggs uniform greenish-blue or 

 creamy-buff or olive, with spots and blotches of reddish- 

 brown, olive and grey. Africa, India, Indo-]Mala)-an 

 Region, Australia. 



Fam. XXXVI. Pyaiono/idiC. (Bulbuls.) Nest of twigs, grass, 

 and moss, built in trees and bushes. Eggs white, or 

 greenish-white, or pinkish, spotted with purple or brown. 

 Africa, India, Indo-Malayan Region. 



Fam. XXXVII. Campflphagidm. (Cuckoo-Shrikes.) Nest a 

 shallow cup, of roots or grass and felted with vegetable 

 fibres and moss or lichens. Eggs white or greenish-white, 

 with brown or purplish spots and markings. Africa, India, 

 Indo-lMalayan Region, Australia. 



Fam. XXXVIII. Muscicapidie. (Fly-catchers.) Nest a rough 

 structure of grass or moss in a hole or on the ground, or in 

 the bark of a tree ; sometimes a beautiful little cup of moss 



