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BIRDS 
CHAPTER VIII.-—Picarian Birds,— continued. 
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The Cuckoos (Cuculidce )—Crested Cuckoos (Coccystes)— Hawk-Cuckoos ( Hierococcyx )—True 
Cuckoos ( Cuculus )—Golden Cuckoos ( Chalcococcyx )—American Cuckoos ( Coccyzus )— 
Ivoels ( Eudynamis) —Long-Clawed Coucals ( Gentropus )—Rain-Cuckoos (Phoenicopceince) 
—Ground - Cuckoos (Neomorphince) — Savana and Guira Cuckoos (Crotophaga and 
Guira) — The Plantain-Eaters ( Musophagicloe) — Crimson - Winged Plantain-Eaters 
( Turacus )—Great Plantain-Eater ( Gorythecola ), ...... 1 
CHAPTER IX.—Picarian Birds,— concluded. 
The Trogons ( Trogonidce )—The Colies {Goliidce )—The Humming-Birds ( Trochilidce) —Saw- 
Beaked Group—Jamaican Humming-Bird (.JEthurus) —White-Crowned Humming- 
Bird ( Microchera )—Intermediate Group—Fork-Tailed Humming-Birds ( Lesbia )— 
Smooth-Beaked Group—Curved-Billed Hermits ( Eutoxeres )—True Hermits ( Pha'eth- 
ornis )—Sword-Bill Humming-Bird ( Docimastes )—Rivoli Humming-Bird ( Eugenes )— 
King Humming-Birds ( Topaza) —Hill-Stars ( Oreotrochilus )—Giant Humming-Bird 
(Patagona) —Racket-Tailed Humming-Bird ( Loddigesia )—Double-Crested Humming- 
Bird ( Heliactin )—Coquettes ( Lophornis )—The Swifts ( Micropodidce )—True Swifts 
{Micropus )—Pied Swift ( Aeronautes )—Feather-Toed Swifts {Panyptila )—Edible Swifts 
(Chcetura and Collocalia) —Tree-Swifts (Macropteryx )—The Nightjars ( Caprimulgidce) 
True Nightjars ( Gaprimulgus )—Leona Nightjar ( Macrodipteryx )—Standard-Winged 
Nightjar {Cosmetornis) —Fork-Tailed Nightjars ( Hydropsalis , etc.)—Nacunda Nightjar 
{Podager )—Wood Nightjars {Nyctibius )—The Todies ( Todidce )—The Motmots ( Momo - 
tides )—True Motmots ( Momotus) —Broad-Beaked Motmots {Eumomota )—The Bee- 
Eaters ( Meropidce) —Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eaters ( Dichrocercus) —Square-Tailed Bee- 
Eaters ( Melittophagus )—True Bee-Eaters ( Merops )—Celehean Bee-Eater (Mesopogon )— 
Bearded Bee-Eaters {Nyctiornis )—The Hoopoes ( Upupida ?)—The “Wood-Hoopoes 
