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ORDER PASSERES: PERCHING BIRDS 44. Family Tyrannide: Flycatchers 45. Family Alaudidæ: Larks. 46. Family Corvidæ: Crows and Jays 47. Family Sturnidæ: Starlings 48. Family Icteridæ: Blackbirds, Orioles, etc. 49. Family Fringillide: Finches, Sparrows, ętc. 50. Family Tanagridæ: Tanagers 51. Family Hirundinide: Swallows . • 52. Family Ampelidæ: Waxwings 53. Family Laniidæ: Shrikes 54. Family Vireonidæ : Vireos. 55. Family Mniotiltide: Wood Warblers 226 236 . 0 239 240 242 • 242 . 252 253 259 260 • 271 316 • 318 CONTENTS. 56. Family Motacillidæ: Wagtails and Pipits 57. Family Troglodytidæ: Thrashers, Wrens, etc.. 58. Family Certhiide: Creepers • 59. Family Paridæ: Nuthatches and Titmice. 60. Family Sylviide: Kinglets and Gnatcatchers 61. Family Turdidæ: Thrushes, Bluebirds, etc.
PAGE 375 376 385 • 386 • 391 394 • . 404 • 411 APPENDIX: A Field Key to our Commoner Eastern Land Birds LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS REFERRED TO INDEX HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA WITH KEYS TO THE SPECIES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR PLUMAGES, NESTS, AND EGGS THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATIONS AND A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THEIR HAUNTS AND HABITS WITH INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS ON THE STUDY OF ORNITHOLOGY, HOW TO IDENTIFY BIRDS AND HOW TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE BIRDS THEIR NESTS, AND EGGS BY