CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IX.— ORDER OF WHALES AND PORPOISES 

 Family op Baleen Whales 



Page 

 CETE V 



Page I Sperm Whale Family 1^ 



147 I Dolphin and Porpoise Family . . . 1 



CHAPTER X.— ORDER OF SEA-COWS SIRENIA i 



Family of Manatees 153 I Family of the Rhytina .... 154 



Family of Dugongs 154 I 



CHAPTER XL— ORDER OF TOOTHLESS MAMMALS 



Armadillo Family 

 Family of Ant-Eaters 



. 156 I Sloth Family 

 . 158 I 



EDENTATA 156 

 . 159 



CHAPTER XII.— ORDER OF DIGGERS EFFODIENTIA 161 



Pangolin Family 161 | Aard-Vark Family 162 



CHAPTER XIIL— ORDER OF POUCHED MAMMALS 

 Kangaroo Family 164 I Opossum Family 



. MARSUPIALIA IP 



CHAPTER XIV.— ORDER OF EGG-LAYING MAMMALS . . MONOTREMATA 167 

 Duck-Bill Family 167 | Echidna Family 168 



BOOK II— BIRDS 



CHAPTER XV.— INTRODUCTION TO THE BIRD-WORLD . 

 Decrease in Bird Life .... 171 | Orders of Living Birds 



CHAPTER XVI.— ORDER OF PERCHERS AND SINGERS 



. 171 

 . 175 



PASSERES 179 



Thrush Family 181 



Kinglet Family 183 



Nuthatch and Titmouse Family . . 184 



Tree-Creeper Family . . . . . 185 

 Wrens and Cat-Birds .... 186 



Dipper Family 187 



Warbler Family 188 



Vireo Family 191 



Shrike Family 191 



Waxwing Family 192 



Swallow Family 193 



Tanager Family 194 



Finch and Sparrow Family . . . 195 



Blackbird Family 199 



Crow Family 202 



Horned Lark Family 206 



Flycatcher Family 206 



CHAPTER XVIL— ORDER OF ODD FAMILIES 



MACROCHIRES 207 



Goatsucker Family 

 Swift Family 



207 | Humming-Bird Family 208 



208 ! 



CHAPTER XVIIL— ORDER OF AVOODPECKERS 



PICI 210 



CHAPTER XIX.— ORDER OF CUCKOOS AND KINGFISHERS 

 Cuckoo Family 214 | Kingfisher Family 



. COCCYGES 214 

 . 215 



CHAPTER XX.— ORDER OF PARROTS AND MACAWS 



PSITTACI 216 



