CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER VII. 



INSESSORKS : STNDAOTTLI AND ZTGODACTTLI. 



Belted Kingfisher — California and Red-headed Wood- 

 peckers — A Narrative of the California Woodpecker, 

 by "Kelley" — Ivory-billed, Golden-wing, Yellow- 

 bellied, and Downy Woodpeckers — Cuckoo — Pairots 

 — Anecdote of a Parrot, from Gosse's "Natural His- 

 tory of Birds" 12' 



CHAPTER VIII. 



INSESSOKES: STNDACTYLI. 



Humming Birds 1S2 



CHAPTER IX. 



INSESSOKES: ACOIPITBES. 



Walk to the Fields — Habits of DiflFerent Birds — Tur- 

 key Buzzard — Vulture — Cond or — Eagle — Hawk — 

 Falcon — Kite — Hawk Owl — and the Owl 168 



CHAPTER X. 



INSESSORES: PTTLLASTRJE. CURSORJSS: OALZINM. 



Pigeons — Great Flight of Pigeons, by "Audubon" — 

 Turtle Dove — Wild Turkey — American and Gamble's 

 Partridge — Canada, Ruffled, and Pinnated Grouse 

 — Ptarmigan 189 



