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TlIK I'.IKDS OF KASTKKN NOIITH AM KUK 'A. 



KM-- not -urroimded liy radiated disk of 

 leather-: plumage, Mack or dark brown: 

 hind toe, -li<>ri : claws, not -harp: head, 

 liare in adult . 



Family CATHARTID/E. Vultures. 



See pa^'e I.>. 



K\ 68 not -in-rounded h\ radiated disk of feathers, as in the ( i\\ I- : toes, armed with talon- 

 liead. not lian . 



tfii* 



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1LI 



Family FALCONID/E. Hawks, Eagles, etc. 



Sec |ia-'c I dl. 



Kycs. surrounded liy 

 radiated dik of IVatlu-rs: 

 |> 1 u in a i;'c . sol'!; h i 1 1. 

 hooked : toes, armed \\ it h 

 talons. 



('/) Middle toe nail \\ilh coinh-like ed^e. 



Family STRIGID/E. Barn Owls. 



See pap- ISl. 



ili) Middle toe \vithont romh-likc edp-. 



Family BUBONID/E. Horned Owls, Hoot Owls. 



Sec pauc Isii. 



I'o -, tour, I \\ o in front and two hehind (/v<n>dacl y le) : tail 

 feathers, stiff and pointed. Family PICID/E. Woodpeckers. 



Sec pa 



Plumage, glossy black; lir-l primarv. much -horter than 



second, noi exceeding half as long as third; fourth, or ilt'ih pi-imary. 



lonpv-i ; liill. -tmit and -iron^: the nostril- 1 , concealed hy roarse. 

 hair-like tealhei-; outer tail feathers, shorter than middle feathers. 



Family CORVID/E. Crows and Ravens. 



See pap- .'ill. 



