CONTENTS 



PART I 



EXTERNAL PARTS AND THE TEEMU NEEDED EOR THEIR 

 DESCRIPTION 



PAGE 



CHAPTER I. Birds and their Feathers 9 



II. Head and Body . 14 



III. The Bill 16 



IV. Wings . .... 22 

 V. Legs 26 



VI. The Tail . 31 



VII. Voice, Movement, and Migration . . 34 



VIII. Nests and Eggs 36 



PART II 



key, classification, and description of the species 



Method of using the Key . . .39 



Key to the Families of Birds . 42 



ORDER I. Perching Birds ... ... 49 



II. HUiMMINGBIRDS, GOATSUCKERS, EtC. . . 166 



III. Woodpeckers and Wrynecks . . 171 



IV. Cuckoos, Kingfishers, Etc. . . . 179 

 V. Parrots, Macaws, Etc. . . . . 183 



VI. Birds of Prey ... . . 184 



VII. Pigeons, Etc. . . ... 214 



VIII. Gallinaceous Birds 219 



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