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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IX.— ORDER OF WHALES AND PORPOISES 



Family op Baleen Whales 



CHAPTER X.— ORDER OF SEA-COWS 



Page 1 Sperm Whale Family 



. 147 1 Dolphin and Porpoise Family 



Family op Manatees 

 Family op Dugongs 



153 I Family of the Rhytina 

 . 154 1 



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 . CETE 146 



. 148 

 . 149 



SIRENIA 153 

 . 154 



CHAPTER XL— ORDER OF TOOTHLESS MAMMALS 



Armadillo Family 

 Family op Ant-Eaters 



156 I Sloth Family 

 . 158 I 



EDENTATA 156 

 . 159 



CHAPTER XII.— ORDER OF DIGGERS 

 Pangolin Family 



161 I Aard-Vaek Family 



EFFODIENTIA 161 

 .162 



CHAPTER XIII.— ORDER OF POUCHED MAMMALS 

 Kangaroo Family . . 164 | Opossum Family 



MARSUPIALIA 163 

 . 165 



CHAPTER XIV.— ORDER OF EGG-LAYING MAMMALS 

 DucK-BiLL Family ... 167 | Echidna Family 



MONOTREMATA 167 

 168 



BOOK II— BIRDS 



CHAPTER XV.— INTRODUCTION TO THE BIRD-WORLD . 

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



CHAPTER XVI.— ORDER OF PERCHERS AND SINGERS 



. 171 

 . 175 



. PASSERES 179 



Thrush Family 



Kinglet Family . 



Nuthatch and Titmouse Family 



Tree-Creeper Family 



Wrens and Cat-Birds 



Dipper Family 



Warbler Family . 



Vireo Family 



Shrike Family 



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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 



Goatsucker Family 

 Swipt Family 



. 207 I Humming-Bird Family 

 . 208 ! 



CHAPTER XVIII.— ORDER OF WOODPECKERS 



CHAPTER XIX.— ORDER OF CUCKOOS AND KINGFISHERS 

 Cuckoo Family ... . . 214 1 Kingfisher Family 



MACROCHIRES 207 

 . 208 



PICI 210 



COCCYGES 214 

 . 215 



CHAPTER XX.— ORDER OF PARROTS AND MACAWS 



PSITTACI 216 



