Chapter 4

Paradise, Red Bird of, _Paradisea Rubra_ " 22-23-25 Parrakeet, Australian " 16-18 Parrot, King " 50-51 Pheasant, Golden, _P. Pictus_ " 12-13 Pheasant, Japan " 86-88

Red Bird, American, _Cardinalis Cardinalis_ " 72-74 Robin, American, _Merula Migratoria_ " 53-4-5-9 Roller, Swallow-tailed, Indian " 42-43

Shrike, Loggerhead, _Lanius Ludovicianus_ " 202-203 Swallow, Barn, _Chelidon Erythrogaster_ " 79-80

Tanager, Red-rumped, _Tanagridæ_ " 30-31-33 Tanager, Scarlet, _Piranga Erythromelas_ " 214-216-217 Tern, Black, _Hydrochelidon Ingra Surinamensis_ " 103-104 Thrush, Brown, _Harporhynchus Rufus_ " 82-83-84 Thrush, Wood, _Turdus Mustelinus_ " 179-180-183 Toucan, Yellow-throated, _Ramphastos_ " 26-27-29 Trogon, Resplendent, _Trogonidæ_ " 4-7

Vireo, Yellow-throated, _Vireo Flavifrons_ " 189-191

Warbler, Black-and-white Creeping, _Mniotilta Varia_ " 222-224 Warbler, Prothonotary, _Protonotaria Citrea_ " 168-169-171 Wax Wing, Bohemian, _Ampelis Garrulus_ " 140-141 Woodpecker, California, _Melanerpes Formicivorus Bairdi_ " 130-131-133 Woodpecker, Red-headed, _Melanerpes Erythrocephalus_ " 45-46-47 Wren, Long-billed Marsh, _Cistothorus Palustris_ " 142-144-145

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