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Order Galling— The Gallinaceous Birds 184 



Family Tetraonidse— The Grouse, Partridges, etc 184 



" Phasianidaj — The Pheasants, Turkeys, etc 205 



" Craeidse — The Curassows and Guans 207 



Order CoLT/MBiE — The Pigeons 210 



Family Columbidse — The Pigeons 210 



Order Kaptobes— The Birds of Prey ,218 



Family Cathartidse — The American Vultures 218 



Falconidas— The Falcons, Hawks, etc 222 



" Strigidse— The Barn Owls 255 



" Buhonidse— The Horned Owls, etc 255 



Order Psittact — The Parrots, Macaws, Paroquets, etc 268 



Family Psittacidse— The Parrots, etc 268 



Order Coccyges — The Cuckoos, etc 271 



Family Cuculida:— The Cuckoos 271 



" Trogonidas— The Trogons 275 



Momotidse— The Motmots . v 277 



" Alcedinidse— The Kingfishers 278 



Order Pici — The Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc 280 



Family Picidse — The Woodpeckers • . . 280 



Order Macbochibes — The Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc 297 



Family Caprimulgidse — The Goatsuckers 297 



" Micropodidas— The Swifts 302 



" Trochilidse— The Hummingbirds 303 



Order Passebes — The Perching Birds 321 



Family Cotingidse— The Cotingas 323 



" Tyrannidffl— The Tyrant Flycatchers 326 



" Alaudidse— The Larks 346 



" Corvidse — The Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc 350 



" Sturnidse— The Starlings 364 



" Icteridse — The Blackbirds, Orioles, etc 365 



" Fringillidse — The Finches, Sparrows, etc 382 



" Tanagridas — The Tanagers 453 



" Hirundinidffi — The Swallows 457 



■' Ampelidse — The Waxwings, etc 463 



" Laniids— The Shrikes 465 



" , Vireonidas— The Vireos 468 



" Coerebidas — The Honey Creepers 479 



" Mniotiltidaa— The Wood Warblers 480 



" Motacillidav- The Wagtails 532 



" Cinclidse — The Dippers 538 



" Troglodytidas— The Wrens, Thrashers, etc 538 



" Certhiidse — The Creepers , 557 



" Paridse— The Nuthatches and Tits 558 



" Sylviidas — The Warblers, Kinglets, and Gnatcatchers 566 



" Turdidse— The Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, Bluebirds, etc 571 



Appendix 583 



Index 595 



