[Transcriber's Note: This text includes characters that require Unicode (UTF-8) file encoding: œ (oe ligature) ā ē ū ă ĕ ĭ ŭ (letters with macron or breve) β γ δ (Greek beta, gamma and delta) ° (latitude and longitude) ♂ ♀ (male and female symbols) If any of these characters do not display properly—in particular, if the diacritic does not appear directly above the letter—or if apostrophes and quotation marks appear as garbage, make sure your text reader’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change the default font. Additional notes are at the end of the book.] NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. LAND BIRDS. VOL. II. [Illustration: RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. (Melanerpes erythrocephalus.) Adult male.] A HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS BY S. F. BAIRD, T. M. BREWER, AND R. RIDGWAY LAND BIRDS _ILLUSTRATED BY 64 PLATES AND 593 WOODCUTS_ VOLUME II. [Illustration: sketch of nest with eggs] BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1905 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Printers S. J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A. CONTENTS. PAGE Family FRINGILLIDÆ. The Finches. (_Continued._) 1 Subfamily SPIZELLINÆ. (_Continued._) 1 Subfamily PASSERELLINÆ 48 Subfamily SPIZINÆ 58 Family ALAUDIDÆ. The Larks 135 Family ICTERIDÆ. The Orioles 147 Subfamily AGELAINÆ 148 Subfamily ICTERINÆ 179 Subfamily QUISCALINÆ 202 Family STURNIDÆ. The Starlings 228 Family CORVIDÆ. The Crows 231 Subfamily CORVINÆ 231 Subfamily GARRULINÆ 263 Family TYRANNIDÆ. The Tyrant Flycatchers 306 Family ALCEDINIDÆ. The Kingfishers 391 Family CAPRIMULGIDÆ. The Goatsuckers 398 Subfamily CAPRIMULGINÆ 398 Family CYPSELIDÆ. The Swifts 421 Subfamily CYPSELINÆ 423 Subfamily CHÆTURINÆ 427 Family TROCHILIDÆ. The Humming-Birds 437 Family CUCULIDÆ. The Cuckoos 470 Subfamily COCCYGINÆ 470 Family PICIDÆ. The Woodpeckers 491 Subfamily PICINÆ 492 Family PSITTACIDÆ. The Parrots 585 Subfamily SITTACINÆ 585 INDEX TO THE PLATES. PLATES 27-56. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS.