GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 



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Conirostrate Fasseres. 

 Ox-pecker. 

 Glaucopis. 

 Oriole. 

 Cacicus. 

 Starling. 



[Conical beaks. H. E.] 

 Crossbill. 

 Grosbeak. 



Colius (mouse-bird). 

 Finch. 

 Bunting. 



Subulirostrate Pas-seres. [Subulate beaks. H. E.j 

 Mannakin. Lark. 



Titmouse. Wagtail. 



Planirostrate Passeres. [Fiat-beaked. H. E.] 

 Martin. 

 Swallow. 

 Nightjar. 



Tenuirostrate Passeres. 

 Kingfisher. 

 Tody. 

 Nuthatch. 

 Orthorincus. 



[Slender-billed. H. E.] 

 Bee-eater. 

 Humming-bird. 

 Creeper. 

 Hoopoe. 



Order 4. — Columbae. 



Soft, flexible beak, flattened at the base ; brood of two eggs. 



Pigeon. 



Order 5. — GAiiLiNACEANs. 

 Solid, horny beak, rounded at the base ; brood of more than two eggs. 



Alectride Gallinaceans. 

 Bustard. 

 Peacock. 

 Tétras. 

 Pheasant. 



Brachypterous Gallinaceans. 

 Dodo. 

 Cassowary. 



[Fowl-like. H. E.] 



Guinea-fowl. 

 Curassow. 

 Penelope. 

 Turkey. 



[Short-winged. H. E.j 

 Rhea. 

 Ostrich. 



Order 6. — Waders. 

 Tarsus very long, and denuded of feathers as far as the leg ; external 

 digits united at their base (waterside birds). 



Pressirostrate Waders. [Narrow-beaked. H. E.j 



Moorhen. 

 Coot. 



Jacana. 



Rail. 



Oyster-catcher. 



Cultrirostrate Waders. 



Bittern. 



Heron. 



Stork. 



[Cutting-beaked. H. E. 

 Crane. 

 Mycteria. 

 Tantalus. 



