CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE. 13 



Fam. 1. Vulturini. Vultures. 

 2. Gypaeti. Lammer-geyer. 

 S. Accipitrini. Eagles and Hawks. 



Tribe 2. Nocturnal. Eyes in front. 

 4. ^golii. Owls. 



II. Sylvicol-e. Feet short or moderate ; legs entirely 

 feathered ; toes a little flattened beneath, two before and two 

 behind, or three before and one behind, very rarely two be- 

 fore and one behind ; the pollex on the same plane as the rest ; 

 claws slender, mobile, slightly retractile, curved, pointed, sel- 

 dom blunt. Bill of various forms. 



Tribe 1. Zygodactyli. Two toes before, two behind. 



1. Pslttacini. Parrots. 



2. Macroglossi. Woodpeckers. 



3. Aureoli. Jacamars. 



4. Pteroglossi. Toucans. 



5. Barbati. Trogons. 



6. Imherhi. Cuckoos. 



7. Frughori. Plantain-eaters. 



Tribe 2. Anisodactyli. Three toes before; the outer 

 directed forwards ; the pollex sometimes versatile. 



8. Granhori. Grosbeaks, Finches, Buntings. 



9. uEgithall. Tits, Manakins. 



10. Pericalles. Tanagers. 



11. Textores. Orioles. 



12. Leimonitcs. Starlings. 



13. Carunculati, Grakles. 



14. Paradlsei. Birds of Paradise. 



15. Coraces. Crows. 



16. Bacckori. Chatterers. 



17. Chelidones. Swallows. 



18. Myiotheres. Flycatchers. 



19. Colluriones. Shrikes. 



20. Canori. Thrushes, Wagtails, Wrens. 



21. Anerpontes. Nuthatchers, Creepers. 



22. Anthoimjsi. Humming-birds, 



23. Epopsides. Hoopoes. 



