CONTENTS. 



MM 



INTRODUCTION. 1 



Order ACCIPITRES ; OR BIRDS OP PREY. 11 



Sub-Order ACCIPITRES DIURNI ; OR DIURNAL BIRDS OF PRET. 



Family VULTURID/E ; Sub-Family GYPMTOSX : 



Lammergeyer (rypaelus barbatus ................. 11 



Sub-lamily SARCORHAMPHIN*: ; FLESH-BEAKED VULTURES 12 



Condor Sarcorhamphus gryphus ................... 12 



Black Vulture Catharista iota, or atrata .......... 17 



Sub-Family VULTURINJC ; TRUE VULTURES ................. 21 



Arabian Vulture Vultur monachus ................ 21 



Sociable Vulture Otogyps auricularis .............. 22 



Fulvous, or Griffin Vulture Gyps fulvus ........... 24 



Egyptian Vulture Neophron perenopterus .......... 26 



Family FALCONID^E; Sub-Family AQDALIX^G.; EAQLES ____ 27 



Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos .................. 28 



Martial Eagle Spizaetus bellicosus ................. 33 



Laughing Falcon Herpetotlieres cochinnons ........ 33 



Jean Le Blanc Eagle Circoetus gollicus ........... 34 



Crested, or Harpy Eagle Throsoetus liarpyda ...... 34 



Brazilian Eagle, or Urubitinga Morphnus urubitinga 36 



Osprey Pandian haliaetus ......................... 36 



Cinereous, or Sea Eagle Haliaetus albicilla ........ 39 



Sub-Family POLYBORIN'^E .................................. 44 



Red-Throated Falcon Ibycter americanus ......... 44 



Southern Caracara Milvago australis .............. 45 



Brazilian Kite Polyborus braziUensis .............. 45 



Sub-Family BUTEOXIN^E : 



Buzzard liuteo vulgaris ......................... 46 



Rough-Legged Falcon Archibuteo lagopus ......... 47 



Sub-Family MILVIN^E: 



Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus .................. 48 



Kite Milvus regaUs ............................... 48 



Swallow-Tailed Kite Elanoides furcatus .......... 49 



Black-Winged Falcon HXanus melanoplerus ....... 51 



Crook-Billed Falcon Cymindis uncinatus .......... 52 



Mississippi Kite Ictmia mississippiensis ............ 52 



Sub-Family FALCONI^ ; TRUE FALCONS ................... 55 



Jerfalcon Falco gyrfalco ......................... 55 



Hobby Hypotriarchis (or Falco) subbuteo ........... 60 



Cream-Bellied Falcon Jeracidea berigora ......... 62 



Kestrel Tinnuneulus alandarius, or Falco tinnunculus 62 



Notched Falcon Harpagus bidentatus ............. 64 



Sub-Family ACCIPITRIN.* : 



Goshawk Astur palumbarius ...................... 64 



Sparrow Hawk Accipiter (or Astur) nisus .......... 67 



Chanting Falcon Melierax musicus ................ 70 



Sub-Family ClRClNjE : 



Secretary Bird Serpentarius (or Gypogeranus) secre- 



larius .......................................... 70 



Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ...................... 73 



Sub-Order ACCIPITRES NOCTURNI ; OR NOCTURNAL BIRDS OF 



PREY .......................................... 75 



Family STRIGID.H ; Sub-Family 



Canada Owl Surnia ulula ........................ 75 



Snowy Owl Nyctea nmea ......................... 77 



Burrowing Owl Athene (or Speotyto) cunicularia. . . 78 



Sub-Family BUBONIN/E: 



Tengmalm's Owl Nyctale funerea ................ 80 



Scops Eared Owl Ephialtes'seops, or Scops carnioliaca SO 



Great Owl Bubo ignavus ......................... 82 



Sub-Family BURNING : 



Brown Owl Si/rnium alum ....................... 85 



Long Eared Owl Otu> vulgaris ................... 86 



VOL. II. 



MM 

 Sub-Family STRIDING : 



Barred Owl Strix nebulosa 89 



Order PASSERES ; OR PERCHERS 93 



Tribe FISSIROSTRES ; OR CLEFT-BEAKED BIRDS. 

 Sub-Tribe FISSIROSTRES NOCTURNE; OR NOCTURNAL CLEFT- 

 BEAKED BIRDS. 



Family CAPRIMULOID^E ; GOAT-SUCKERS 93 



Trinidad Goat-Sucker Steatornis caripensis 93 



Tawny-Shouldered Podargus Podargus numerous. 93 

 New Holland Goat-Sucker jEgothetes novas AoJ- 



landicB 95 



Great-Eared Goat-Sucker Batrachostomus auritus. . 97 



European Goat-Sucker Caprimulgus eurqpceus 98 



Long-Tailed Goat-Sucker Scotornis cUmacurus. . . . 100 



Leona Nightjar Maarodipteryx longipennis 101 



Virginian Goat-Sucker Chordeiles virginianus 108 



Nacunda Goat-Sucker Podager nacunda 103 



Sub-Tribe FISSIROSTRES DIURNI; OR DIURNAL CLEFT- 

 BEAKED BIRDS 104 



Family HIRUXDINID^: ; SWALLOWS; Sub-Family CYPSE- 



LiNjE ; SWIFTS 104 



Australian Needle-Tailed Swallow Acanthylis cau- 

 dacuta 104 



Klecho Swallow Macropteryx klecho, or Vendrocheli- 



don longipennis 105 



White-Bellied Swift Cypselus melba 106 



Esculent Swallow CoUocalia nid\ftca Ill 



Sub-Family HIRUNDIXIN^E : 



White-Breasted Swallow Atticora leucosternon 113 



Swallow Hirundo rustica 118 



Purple Swallow Progne sufiis 116 



Sand Martin Cotyle riparia 118 



House Martin Chelidon urbica 118 



Family CORACIAD.*: ; Suit-Family CORACIAN.F. ; ROLLERS. . . 120 



Oriental Roller Eurystomus orientalis 120 



Garrulous Roller Coracias garrula 121 



Brachypteracias Brachypteracias leptosomus 121 



Sub-Family TODIN^E ; TODIES 121 



Green Tody Todus viridis 121 



Sub-Family EURYLAIMIN/B: 



Javan Tody Eurylaimus jananicus 122 



Great-Billed Tody Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus.. 123 



Sub-Family MOMOTIN^:: 



Brazilian Motmot ifomotus braziUensis 124 



Family TROOONID^E ; TROGONS 125 



Massena's Trogon Trogon massena 125 



Narina Trogon Apaloderma (or Trogon) narina. . . . 126 



Cuba Trogon Priotelus temnurus 127 



Malabar Trogon Harpactes malabaricus 127 



Beautiful Trogon Calurus antisianus 128 



Family ALCEDINID^: ; Sub-Family BUCCONIN.E ; BARRETS. . 129 



Collared Barbet Bucco coUaris 129 



White- Faced Barbet Monasa leucops 130 



White-Backed Barbet Chelidoptera tenebrosa 130 



Sub-Family HALCYONIX^! ; KINGFISHERS 130 



Laughing Jackass Dacela (or Paralcyon) gigas 131 



Australian Kingfisher Halcyon sancta 132 



Ternatc Kingfisher Tanysiptera dea 133 



Tridactylous Kingfisher Ceyx tridactyla 134 



Sub-Family ALCKDININ.AC : 



Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon 136 



Common Kingfisher Alcedo ispida 135 



Tiny Kingfisher Alcyone pualla 137 



