Pa"e 215, li"e 10, for praelatus read praelata.
Pa"e 258, li"e 15, for perhaps read probably not.
Pa"e 351, li"e 11, and page 357, line 6, for Phaenicophainae read Phoenicophainae.
Pa"e 357, li"e 11 from bottom, for Phaenicophaës read Phoenicophaës.
Pa"e 429, Fig. 89, for jugularus read jugularis.
Pa"e 550, line 20, for Seenopoeetes read Scenopoeetes.
Pa"e 568, li"e 9 from bottom, for a scale-insect read an Aphid.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Definition.–"A Bird is a feathered biped." This popular saying undoubtedly furnishes a definition in the world of to-day, since no other existing creature has a clothing of feathers, and even the word "biped" is thus superfluous.