xvi GENERAL INDEXi 



TITMOUSE. 



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Bill very entire, narrow, sub-compressed, strong, 

 hard, pointed, and covered at the base with bristles ; 

 tongue truncate, bristly at the end; toes divided to the 

 origin, the hind one large and strong. 



Black'CSipt TitmoiisCy (JParus atricapillus) . * i* 134 

 Crested T. (P. 6eVo/or) . . . . . * i. 137 



SWALLOWS. 



Bill small, weak, curved, subulate, depressed at the 

 base; gape larger than the head; tongue short, broad, 

 cleft; wings long; tail mostly forked. 



Purple Martin, [Hirundo purpurea) . . * v. 58 

 Barn Swallow, (ZT. Americana) . . . . v. 34 



Green White-hellied S, (H. viridis) . . . . v. 44 



Bank S. [H, riparia) ...... v. 46 



Chimney S. (if. . . . . v. 48 



GOATSUCKERS. 



Bill slightly curved, very small, subulate and depress- 

 ed at the base ; mouth extremely wide, and furnished at 

 the sides with a series of bristles; ears very large; tongue 

 pointed, entire ; feathers of the tail ten ; legs short ; mid- 

 dle claw pectinated. 



Chuck-wilFs-widow, [Caprimulgus Cavolinensis) . vi. 95 

 Night Hawk, (C Americanus) . . . . v. 65 



Whip-poor-will, (C. vociferus) . . , . v. 71 



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