[May, 1897.]

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1898.


[CONTENTS.]

Page.
Introduction[3]
The cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus and C. erythophthalmus) ([fig. 1])[5]
The woodpeckers ([fig. 2-5])[6]
The kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) ([fig. 6])[11]
The phœbe (Sayornis phœbe) ([fig. 7])[13]
The bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata) ([fig. 8])[14]
The crow (Corvus americanus)[15]
The bobolink, or ricebird (Dolichconyx oryzivorus) ([fig. 9])[17]
The redwinged blackbird (Agelaius phœniceus) ([fig. 10])[19]
The meadow lark, or old field lark (Sturnella magna) ([fig. 11])[21]
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) ([fig. 12])[23]
The crow blackbird, or grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) ([fig. 13])[24]
The sparrows ([fig. 14])[26]
The rose-breasted grosbeak (Zamelodia ludoviciana) ([fig. 15])[28]
The swallows ([fig. 16])[30]
The cedarbird (Ampelis cedrorum) ([fig. 17])[31]
The catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis) ([fig. 18])[33]
The brown thrasher (Harporhynchus rufus) ([fig. 19])[34]
The house wren (Troglodytes aëdon) ([fig. 20])[35]
The robin (Merula migratoria) ([fig. 21])[37]
The bluebird (Sialia sialis) ([fig. 22])[39]