LAND-BIRDS. 



ORDER PICI: 'WOODPECKERS. 



Family Picldae : "Woodpeckers. Page 196. 



5 Species. 



Birds of small and medium size, feeding as they creep 

 around the branches and trunks of trees. They are of 

 stocky, compact build, with strong, straight bills (one species 

 has a slightly curving bill), mottled and variegated plumage, 

 and red markings about the head. To be distinguished from 

 other creepers by their superior size, and the fact that they 

 seldom, if ever, walk head downward. 



ORDER COCCYGES: CUCKOOS. 



Family Cuculidge : Cuckoos. Page 202. 

 2 Species. 



Medium-sized tree-birds, with softly-tinted gray and brown- 

 ish plumage, most noticeable at the time of apple blossoms, 

 when they feed upon the nests of the tent-caterpillar. 



Family Alcedinidae : Kingfishers. Page 204. 

 1 Species. 



Common birds of streams and ponds. Head crested, long 

 bill. Lead blue plumage above, light breast banded with 

 blue. Seen perching on stumps and dead trees over the 

 water watching for fish. 



ORDER RAPTORES: BIRDS OP PREY. 



Family Strigidae : Barn Owls. Page 206. 



1 Species. 



Family Bubonidae : Homed Owls. Page 207. 



7 Species. 

 Stoutly-built birds, varying in length from eight inches 

 to two feet, with and without feathered ear-tufts (horns), 

 and having mottled loose plumage, feathered disks around 

 the eyes, hooked beaks, and muscular feet. The family 

 comprises both diurnal and nocturnal species. . , 



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