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 Characteristics of Orders 4 



ORDER I.— RAPTORES, ROBBERS. 



Family Falconidae, Falcons 7 



Sub-Family Falconinse, Falcons proper 7 



Accipitrinte, Hawks 22 



Buteoninas, Buzzard-Hawks 34 



Aquilinae, Eagles 49 



Family StrigidtE, Owls 60 



Sub-Family Buboninje, Horned Owls 60 



Syrnlnae, Gray Owls 71 



Nycteininae, Day Owls 77 



ORDER n. — SCANSORES, CLBIBERS. 



Family Cuculidse, Cuckoos 83 



Picidae, Woodpeckers 87 



ORDER ni. — INSESSORES, PERCHERS. 



Sub-Order Strisores 110 



Family Trochilidse, Humming-Birds 110 



CypselidtE, Swifts 116 



Capriraulgidte, Goat-Suckers 119 



Sub-Order Clamatores, Screamers 125 



Family Alcedinidfe, Kingfishers 1 25 



Colopteridae, Flycatchers 128 



Sub-Family Tyranninse, Tyrant Flycatchers 128 



Sub-Order Oscines, Singers 



Family Turdidse, Thrushes 145 



Sub-Family Miminae, Mocking-Birds 163 



Family Saxicolidae, Rock-Inhabiters 175 



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