CONTENTS 
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Order Coccyges: Cuckoos, etc.193 
Family Cuculidae: Anis, Road-runners, and Cuckoos . . . 193 
Family Trogonidae: Trogons.197 
Family Alcedinidae : Kingfishers ....... 19S 
Order Pici : Woodpeckers, etc.200 
Family Picidae: Woodpeckers.. . 200 
Order Macrochires : Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbirds 222 
Family Caprimulgidae: Goatsuckers.222 
Family Micropodidae : Swifts.229 
Family Trochilidae: Hummingbirds.232 
Order Passeres : Perching Birds.245 
Family Cotingidae : Cotingas.245 
Family Tyrannidae: Tyrant Flycatchers.245 
Family Alaudidae: Larks. 265 
Family Corvidae: Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc.269 
Family Sturnidae : Starlings.285 
Family Icteridae: Blackbirds, Orioles, etc.285 
Family Fringillidae : Finches, Sparrows, etc.303 
Family Tanagridae: Tanagers.379 
Family Hirundinidae : Swallows.382 
Family Ampelidae: Waxwings and Phainopeplas . . . 387 
Family Laniidae: Shrikes . . ^ . . . . . 391 
Family Vireonidae: Vireos.394 
Family Mniotiltidae : Wood Warblers.401 
Family Motacillidae : Wagtails.431 
Family Cinclidae: Dippers.432 
Family Troglodytidae : Wrens, Thrashers, etc. .... 433 
Family Certhiidae: Creepers.451 
Family Paridae : Nuthatches and Tits ..452 
Family Sylviidae : Kinglets, Gnatcatchers, etc.463 
Family Turdidae: Thrushes, Solitaires, Bluebirds, etc. . 467 
Appendix. 
Color Key to Genera of some of the Common Passerine Birds . 479 
Index.487 
