The Birds of North and Middle America, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Birds of North and Middle America, Vol. 9 The families of birds included in the present and preceding volumes of this work are as follows: Part I, issued October 24, 1901, included the Fringillidae (finclies) alone. Part II, issued October 16, 1902, included the Tanagridae (tanagers), Icteridae (troupials), Coerebidae (lioneycreepers), and Mniotiltidae (wood warblers). Part III, issued December 31, 1904, included the Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits), Hirundinidae (swallows), Ampelidae (waxwings), Ptilogonatidae (silky flycatcliers), Dulidae (palm chats), Vireonidae (vireos), Laniidae (slirikes), Corvidae (crows and jays), Paridae (titmice), Sittidae (nutliatclics), Certliiidae (creepers), Troglodytidae (wrens), Cinclidae (dippcrs), Chalnaeidae (wrentits), and Sylviidae (warblers). Part IV, issued July 1, 1907, contained the remaining groups of Oscines, namely, the Turdidae (tliruslies), Zeledoniidae (wrenthruslies), Mimidae (mockingbirds), Sturnidae (starlings), Ploceidae (weaverbirds), and Alaudidae (larks), together with the liaplooplione or oligomyodian Mesomyodi, comprising Oxyruncidae (sharp-bills), Tryannidae (tyrant fiycatchers), Pipridae (manakins), and Cotingidae (cliatterers). Part V, issued November 29, 1911, included the tracheoplione Mesomyodi, represented by the Pteroptocliidae (tapaculos), Formicariidae (antbirds), Furnariidae (ovenbirds), and Dendrocolaptidae (woodhewers); the Macrocliires, containing the Trocliilidae (hummingbirds) and Micropodidae (swifts), and the Heterodactylae, represented only by the Trogonidae (trogons). Part VI, issued April 8, 1914, contains the Picariae, comprising the families Picidae (woodpeckers), Capitonidae (barbets), Rampliastidae (toucans), Bucconidae (puffbirds), and Galbulidae (jacamars); the Anisodactylae, with families Alcedinidae (kingfisliers), Todidae (todies), and Momotidae (motmots); the Nycticoraciae, with families Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers) and Nyctibiidae (potoos), and the Striges, consisting of families Tytonidae (barn owls) and Bubonidae (eared owls). Part VII, issued May 5, 1916, contains the Coccygiformcs (cuckoolike birds), Psittaciformes (parrots), and Columbiformes (pigeons). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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