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CONTENTS. 
Sub-Family Galbulinle ; Jacamars 137 
•Paradise Jacamar — Galbula paradisea 137 
Great Jacamar — Jacamerops grandis 139 
Family Meropid/E ; Bee-Eaters 139 
Bee-Eater — Merops apiaster 140 
Azure-Throated Bee-Eater — Nyctiornis atherkmi , . . . 140 
Bullock’s Bee-Eater — Melittophagus buHockii 141 
Tribe Tenuirostres ; or Slender-Billed Birds 142 
Family Upupid/E ; Sub-Family Epimachin/e: 
Rifle Bird — Neomorplia paradisea 142 
Superb Plume Bird — Epimachus magnus 145 
Sub-Family Upupinle : 
Hoopoe— Upupa epops 148 
Family Promeropid/E : 
Fiery-Tailed Sun-Bird — Nectarinia metallica 151 
Dicseum — JUcwurn hirundinaceum 154 
Azure Csereba — Ccereba cyanea 155 
Scarlet Drepanis — Prepanis coccinea 156 
Family Meliphagid/E ; Honey Eaters 157 
New Holland Honey -Eater — Meliphaga novce hol- 
landice 157 
Poe Bird — Pros the n m dera novce zeelandiie 158 
Friar Bird — Tropidorliynchus ccn’niculatus 160 
Brush Wattle Bird — Anthochcera carunculata 160 
Family Trochilid/e ; Humming-Birds 161 
Ruby-Throated Humming-Bird — Trochilus colubris. 162 
Sword-Bill Humming-Bird — -Pocimastes ensifer 165 
Slender Shear-Tail — Thaumastura enicura 167 
Copper-Bellied Puff -Leg — Eriocnemis cupreiventris . . 167 
Fiery Topaz — Topaza pyra, or pella 168 
Racket-Tail Humming-Bird — Piscura longicauda. . . 169 
White-Booted Racket-Tail — Spathura under woodii. 169 
Columbian Thornbill — Hhomphomicron heteropogon. . 170 
Popelaire’s Thorntail — Gouldia popelarii 171 
Rufous Flame-Bearer — Selasphorus rufus 171 
Salle’s Hermit — Phaethornis augusti 172 
Jacobin Humming-Bird — Florisuga mellivoi'a 173 
Linden’s Helmet-Crest — Oxypogon lindenii 173 
Angela Star-Throat — Heliomaster angelce 174 
Sickle-Bill Humming-Bird — Eutoxeres aquila 175 
Mars Sun- Angel — Heliangelus mavors 175 
Spangled Coquette — Lophornis regime 176 
Bolivia Violet-Ear : — Petasophora iolata 178 
Sparkling-Tail — Tryphcena dupontii 178 
Sappho Comet — Cometes sparganurus, or Sparganura 
sappho 178 
Yarrell’s Woodstar — Calothorax yarrellii 180 
Blue-Tailed Sylph — Cynanthus cyanurus 181 
Cayenne Fairy — Heliothrix auritus 181 
Avocet Humming-Bird — Avocetta recurvirostris 182 
Chimborazian Hill-St ir — Oreotrochilus Chimborazo . . . 183 
Gilt-Crested Humming-Bird — Orthorhynchus exilis . . 185 
Vervain Humming-Bird — Mellisuga minima 185 
Family Certhid.e ; Creepers ; Sub-Family Furnarinle. . . 187 
Oven-Bird — Furnarius rufus 188 
Sub-family Dendrocolaptin.e : 
Curved-Billed Creeper — Pendrocolaptes procurvus. . . 189 
Sub-Family Certhin^e ; True Creepers 189 
Common Tree Creeper— Gerthia familiaris 189 
Wall Creeper — Tichodroma murarius 191 
Sub-Family Sitting : 
N uthatch — Sitta ccesia 191 
Sub-Family Menurinle : 
Lyre-Bird — Menura superba 193 
W ren — Troglody tes vulgaris 197 
Tribe Dentirostres ; or Toothed-Bill Birds 198 
Family Luscinid^e ; Sub-Family Malurinle ; Soft-Tailed 
Warblers 198 
Tailor-Bird— Orthotomus bennettii 198 
Pinc-Pinc — Prymoica textrix 199 
Emen Wren — Slipiturus malachurus 200 
VOL. II. 
Sub-Family Luscinin^e ; Song Warblers ... 202 
Whitethroat — Sylvia undata 202 
Nightingale — Luscinia pliilomela 207 
Grasshopper Warbler — Galamodyta locustella 209 
Sub-Family Erythacin^e ; Redbreast Variety 211 
Wheatear — Saxicola oenanthe 211 
Stonechat — Pratincola rudicola 212 
Redstart — Puticilla phcenicura 214 
Redbreast — Erythacus rubecula 215 
Blue-Throated W arbler —Gy anemia suecica 218 
Dayal — Gopsychus sautaris 219 
Blue Bird — Sialia sialis 220 
Sub-Family Accentorinle ; Accentors 222 
Hedge Sparrow — Accentor modularis 222 
Sub-Family Parinle ; Titmice 223 
Great Titmouse - — Parus major 223 
Bearded Titmouse — Paroides biarmicus 227 
Sub-Family MniotiltinyE ; Bush-Creepers 227 
Bush-Creeper — Zosterops palpebrosus 227 
Sub-Family Motacillinve ; Wagtails 228 
Pied Wagtail — Motadlla yarrellii 228 
White-Faced Ephthianura — Ephthianura albifrons. . 230 
Meadow Pipit — Anthus pratensis 230 
Family Turdidve, Thrushes ; Sub-Family Formic arinhs. . 233 
Black-Headed Pitta — Pitta melanocephala 233 
Dipper — Hydrobates cinclus 234 
Sub-Family Turdinhs : 
Mocking-Bird — Mimus polyglottus 235 
Missel Thrush — Turdus viscicarus 238 
Sub-Family Timalix.e ; Babblers 249 
Chestnut-Capped Timalia — Timalia pileata 249 
Spotted Ground-Thrush — Cinclosoma punctatum 249 
Black-faced Thrush — Garrulax chinensis 250 
Sub-Family Oriolin^e ; Orioles 250 
Golden Oriole — Oriolus galbula 250 
Family Muscicapid.e ; Fly-Catchers ; Sub-Family Alec- 
t kurin ve ; Cock-Tailed Birds 252 
Yellow-Breasted Chat — Icteria viridis 253 
Cunningham’s Bush Shrike — Guberneles yelapa 254 
Sub-Family Tyrannin.e : 
King Bird— Tyrannus carolinensis 254 
Fork-Tailed Flycatcher — Milvulus tyrannus 257 
Sub-Family MuscicapinvE ; Typical Fly-Catchers 257 
White-Shafted Fan Ta i 1 — Rhipidura albiscapa 257 
Paradise Flycatcher — Tchitrea paradisea 258 
Spotted Flycatcher — Muscicapa grisola 259 
King Tody — Muscivora regia 262 
Family Ampeliile ; Chatterers ; Sub-Family Pachyceph- 
ALINLE 262 
Diamond Bird — Pardulotus punctatus 263 
Sub- Family Piprtnle ; the M ana kins 263 
Golden-Winged Manakin — Pipra chrysoplera 263 
Cock of the Rock — Rupicola aurantia 264 
Green Calyptomena — Calyptomena viridis 265 
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Sub-Family AmpelinjE ; Waxen 265 
Bohemian Waxwing — Ampelis garrulus 265 
Bell Bird — Arapunga alba 268 
Sub-Family Campephaginle ; the Caterpillar-Eaters. . . 269 
Great Pericrocotus — Pericrocotus speciosus 269 
Sub-Family Dicrurin^: ; Double-Tailed Birds 270 
Wood Swallow — Artamus sordidus 270 
Great Dicrurus — Picrurus grandis 271 
Family Laniid.e ; Shrikes ; Sub-Family Laniin^e 272 
Great Gray Shrike — Lanius excubitor 272 
Red-Backed Shrike — Enneoctonus (or Lanius ) collurio 274 
Sub-Family Thamnophtlinle ; Bush-Shrikes 277 
Vigors’ Bush-Shrike — Thamnophilus vigorsii 27T 
