LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xi 



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LXXI.— Red-breasted Nuthatch ; White-breasted Nuthatch . 249 



LXXII. — Golden-crowned Kinglet ; Ruby-crowned Kinglet . 25o 



LXXITI.— Veery 255 



LXXIV.— Wood Thrush 257 



LXXV.— Hermit Thrush 259 



Figures in the Text. 



FIG. PAGE 



1. Restoration of the Archseopteryx, a toothed, reptilelilie bird 



of the Jurassic period .3 



2. End of spearlike tongue of I'ileated Woodpecker . . .14 



3. Tip of tail of («) Downy Woodpecker, (J) Brown Creeper, to 



show the pointed shape in tails of creeping birds of different 

 families 16 



4. Young Hoatzin, showing use of hooked fingers in climbing . 17 



5. Short, rounded wing and large foot of Little Black Rail, a ter- 



restrial bird 18 



6. Long, pointed wing and small foot of Tree Swallow, an aerial 



bird 18 



7. Frigate-bird 19 



8. Great Auk, showing relatiyely small wing . . . .21 



9. Wing of Woodcock, showing three outer attenuate feathers . 24 



10. Jacana, showing spurred wing and elongated toes . . .24 



11. Tail-feathers of Motmot(j!/omoi'!(.ssi(6)-!;/f.sce/i6), showing newly 



grown feathers and results of self-inflicted mutilation . 26 



12. Lobed foot of Coot (Fulica americana), a swimming bird of 



the Rail family ......... 27 



13. Lobed foot of a Phalarope {Crymophihis fidicaritts), a swim- 



ming bird of the Snipe family 27 



14. Flamingo, showing relative length of legs and neck in a wad- 



ing bird 28 



15. Foot of Fish Hawk, showing large claws and spicules on under 



surface of toes 39 



16. Naked toes of Ruffed Grouse in summer ; fringed toes of Ruffed 



Grouse in winter 29 



17. Decurved bill of Sickle-bill Hummingbird . . . .31 



18. Serrate bill of Merganser, a fish-eating bird . . . .32 



19. Probelike bill of Woodcock, showing extent to which upper 



mandible can be moved 32 



20. Recurved bill of Avocet 32 



21. Bill of Spoonbill Sandpiper ....... 33 



