CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
NOS. PAGE. [Dedication] i. [Explanatory] iii. [Preface] v. [List of Full-page Illustrations] xv. Description of Species Nos. 1-181. Order Passeres—Perching Birds. Suborder OSCINES—Song Birds. [Family Corvidæ—The Crows and Jays] 1-14 1 [Icteridæ—The Troupials] 15-22 43 [Fringillidæ—The Finches] 23-68 68 [Tanagridæ—The Tanagers] 69 170 [Mniotiltidæ—The Wood Warblers] 70-86 172 [Alaudidæ—The Larks] 87-89 212 [Motacillidæ—The Wagtails and Pipits] 90 221 [Turdidæ—The Thrushes] 91-102 225 [Sylviidæ—The Old World Warblers, Kinglets, and Gnatcatchers] 103-105 262 [Paridæ—The Titmice] 106-110 273 [Sittidæ—The Nuthatches] 111-113 287 [Certhiidæ—The Creepers] 114, 115 295 [Troglodytidæ—The Wrens] 116-122 301 [Mimidæ—The Mockingbirds] 123, 124 320 [Cinclidæ—The Dippers] 125 325 [Hirundinidæ—The Swallows] 126-132 329 [Ampelidæ—The Waxwings] 133, 134 348 [Laniidæ—The Shrikes] 135-137 352 [Vireonidæ—The Vireos] 138-141 358 Suborder CLAMATORES—Songless Perching Birds. [Family Tyrannidæ—The Tyrant Flycatchers] 142-151 369 Order Macrochires—Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc. Suborder TROCHILI—Hummers. [Family Trochilidæ—The Hummingbirds] 152-155 393 Suborder CAPRIMULGI—Goatsuckers. [Family Caprimulgidæ—The Nighthawks (Goatsuckers, etc.)] 156-158 404 Suborder CYPSELI—Swifts. [Family Micropodidæ—The Swifts] 159-161 410 Order Pici—Picarian Birds. [Family Picidæ—The Woodpeckers] 162-179 418 Order Coccyges—Cuculiform Birds. Suborder CUCULI—Cuckoos. [Family Cuculidæ—The Cuckoos] 180 452 Suborder ALCYONES—Kingfishers. [Family Alcedinidæ—The Kingfishers] 181 454