Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Family Podicipide – Fifth Group

Family Podicipide

GREBES.

The Grebes, or lobe-footed divers, number about thirty species, distributed throughout the world. Six species are found in North

Family Aramide

COURLANS.

Courlans might be called large Rails with some of the habits of

Family Cathartide

AMERICAN VULTURES.

A New World family of eight species, of which three are North

Family Corvide

CROWS, JAYS, ETC.

The Corvidæ are represented in all parts of the world except New

Florence A

MERRIAM.

SHRIKES.

Figs

93-100.-Heads of Warblers. (Natural size.) WOOD WARBLERS.

This bird has the general habits of the Orange-crowned or Nashville

Fourth Group

- Plumage conspicuously black, or black and white.

Fifth Group

Without either yellow, orange, red, or blue in the plumage; not conspicuously black, or black and white.

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