CONTENTS. 



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PABB 

 171 



176 



177 



. 17? 

 etc. . .178 

 . 185 



. 187 



. 187 



. 101 

 . 191 



27. Family CharadriidEe: Plorers . 



28. Family Aphrizidae : Turnstones, etc. . 



29. Family Hajmatopodidoe : Oyster-catchers 

 X. Order GrALLiNiB : Gallinaceous Birds . 



30. Family Tetraonidaa : Grouse, Bob-whites, 



31. Family Phasianidie : Pheasants, etc. . 



XI. Order Columb^: Pigeons and Doves . 



32. Family Columbidss: Pigeons and Doves 



XII. Order Raptores: Birds op Prey . 



33. Family Cathartidse : American Vultures 



34. Family Falconidae : Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. . 193 



35. Family StrigidaB : Barn Owls 218 



36. Family Bubonidse : Horned Owls, Hoot Owls . . 213 



XIII. Order Psittaci : Parrots, Macaws, Paroquets, etc. . 232 



37. Family Psittacidae : Parrots and Paroquets . . 223 



XIV. Order Cocctqes : Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc . . 221 



38. Family Cuculidse : Cuckoos 224 



39. Family Alcedinida; : Kingiishers .... 226 



XV. Order Pici : Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc. . . . 227 



40. Family Pieidae : Woodpeckers 227 



XVI. Order Macrocbires : Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds, 



Swifts, etc 226 



41. Family Caprimulgidae : Nighthawks, Whip-poor- 

 wills, etc 236 



42. Family MicropodidaB : Swifts 239 



43. Family Trochilidas : Hummingbirds .... 240 



XVII. Order Passeres : Perching Birds 242 



44. Family Tyrannidae : Flycatchers .... 243 



45. Family Alaudidae : Larks 253 



46. Family Corvidae : Crows and Jays .... 253 



47. Family Sturnidae : Starlings 259 



48. Family Icteridae : Blackbirds, Orioles, etc. . . 260 



49. Family Fringillidse : Finches, Sparrows, etc. . . 271 



50. Family Tanagridae : Tanagers 316 



51. Family Hirundinidae : Swallows . . . .318 

 53. Family A mpelidae: Waxwings 323 



53. Family Laniidae : Shrikes 325 



54. Family Vireonidas : Vireos 327 



55. Family Mniotiltidie: Wood Warblers , . .333 



