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but not included in the regular families or numbered, 

 are yet made families by some authors. They may in 

 time be given full Family rank, but not now. 



It has not been thought necessary to cumber these 

 pages with Sub-Orders or Sub- Families. They are, 

 to a very great extent, useless divisions in Ornithology 

 in any event and seldom stable. 



The accompanying Table will serve as a diagnosis 

 of Orders and explain itself. These Orders are given 

 in their order upon the back of the Table. Order 3 

 should read Macrochires. We may, at a later date, 

 elaborate a diagnosis for the Families. 



Order 1. Passares — Sparrow-like Birds. 



1 Turdidae True Thrushes. 



2 Troglodytidae Wrens. 



3 Paridae Titmice. 



4 Chamaeidae Wren-tits. 



5 Nectariniidae Sun-Birds. 



6 Meliphagidae Honey-eaters. 



7 Coerebidae Honey-creepers. 



8 Certhiidae Creeping Warblers. 



9 Sylvicolidae True Warblers. 



10 Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers. 



11 Ampelidae Waxwings. 



12 Motacillidae Wagtails and Pipits. 



13 Alaudidae Larks. 



14 Hirundinidae Swallows. 



15 Laniidae True Shrikes. 



16 Dicruridas Drongo Shrikes. 



17 Vireonidas Vireos. 



18 Oriolidae Orioles. 



19 Icteridae American Starlings. 



20 Sturnidae Old World Starlings. 



21 Corvidae Crows. 



22 Ptiloiiorhynchidae Bower Birds. 



