A Classification for the Orders of the Birds of the World. 



Jawbone provided with /^r/// KJ. ODONTORNITHES. 



Toothed Birds. 



Legs set verj' far beliind, so that the bird .sw7,s- with difficulty in an uprijihf jiosition 15. PYGOPODES.' 

 touchinj!; the soles of the feet upon the icround Rump-footed. 



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Front toes only connected by mem- li5. LONGIPENNES. 



Bill without cross section- branous web Long-winged. 



al horny plates along the 



edges. ' [ All four toes connected by mem- 12. STEGANOPODES. 



I branous web Web-footed. 



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 zz 3— X -J, I Bill in'th cross sectional horny plates along the edges ^^ LAMELLIKOS PKES 



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I Bill horny as far as the tip. 



Wing developed. 



Plated-billed. 



.10. CICONIA. 

 Storks. 



l^Bill covered at base with soft skin, l^- GRALL^E. 



Stilt-walkers. 





Wings rudimentary and urifil for flight 7- BREVIPENNES. 



Small-winged. 



f Young able to run al)0ut and fly from time of hatching '^^ RASORLS. 



Scratchers. 



Bill with horny sheath o.nly at its arched tip i>. COLUMB^]. 



Pigeon-like. 



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Bill with a cere at the ]>ase. Feet not united in pairs. 



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Feet not ered with large plates 



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pairs I Legs and feet not clearly 



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4. RAPTORES. 

 Birds of Prey. 



1. PASSARES. 

 Sparrow-like. 



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5 cs S I Feet nnited in pairs. 



.H. MACROCRIRP^S. 

 hong-handed. 



6. PICT. 



■ Woodpeckers. 



Formation of palate l)0nes desmognathous [united.] — tDLLllitiS). 



Cuckoos. 



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Bill with a cere. Feet united in pairs. 



5. PSITTACL 



Parrots. 



' Some authors use the name Urixatorks for this Order as Pyyopus is the name of a Reptile. 



