Contents of Volume I 



PACK 



Dedication i 



Register of Subscribers Insert 



Preface iii 



Table of Contents xi 



List of Full-page Plates xv 



Explanatory xvii 



Description of Species Nos. 1-102 

 Order Passeres — Perching Birds. 



Family Corvidcz — Crows and Jays. 



1 The Raven, Corvus corax sinuatus 1 



2 The Western Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis 16 



3 The Clark Nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana 23 



4 The Pinyon Jay, Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus 28 



5 The Black-billed Magpie, Pica pica hudsonia 31 



6 The Yellow-billed Magpie, Pica nuttalli 38 



7 The California Jays, Aphelocoma calif ornica 44 



8 The Santa Cruz Jay, Aphelocoma insularis 58 



9 The Woodhouse Jay, Aphelocoma woodhousei 63 



10 The Steller Jays, Cyanocitta stelleri 65 



1 1 The Gray Jays, Perisoreus obscurus 70 



Family Icteridce — Troupials, American Starlings. 



12 The Cowbirds, Molothrus ater 75 



13 The Rusty Blackbird, Euphagus carolinus 81 



14 The Brewer Blackbirds, Euphagus cyanocephalus 83 



15 The Arizona Hooded Oriole, Icterus cucullatus nelsoni 89 



16 The Scott Oriole, Icterus parisorum 93 



17 The Bullock Oriole, Icterus bullocki 97 



18 The Tricolored Redwing, Agelaius tricolor 104 



19 The Red-winged Blackbirds, Agelaius phceniceus 114 



20 The Yellow-headed Blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus . 124 



21 The Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta 129 



22 The Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus 136 



xi 



