SYNOPSIS OF BIRD FAMILIES. 



Family Falconidae : Hawks, Eagles, etc. Page 215. 



8 Species. 



Diurnal Birds of Prey, with mottled and streaked plumage, 

 no horns or eye disks ; of graceful build, and dashing, rapid 

 flight. The family includes the Os})rey and the American 

 Eagle. 



ORDER COLUMBiE: PIGEONS. 

 Family Columbidae : Doves and Pigeons. Page 225. 



2 Species. 



Wood Doves, with delicately-shaded, and often glossy plu- 

 mage, small heads and full breasts, long, pointed wings, 

 and soft, cooing voices. Often seen feeding on the ground 

 like the domestic Pigeon. 



ORDER GALLINiE: GALLINACEOUS BIRDS (Birds 



scratching on tlie ground lil^e l)arnyard fowls). 



Family Tetraonidae : Grouse, Partridges. Page 227. 



2 Species. 



Comprising our two most familiar Game-birds, the Ruffed 

 Grouse (Partridge) and the Quail, birds with mottled feathers 

 of varied browns, the Partridge having feathered legs. The 

 female rears the young, who leave the nest when hatched, 

 following her as a brood, after the manner of chickens. 



ORDER LIMICOLiE: SHORE-BIRDS (Waders). 



Family Aphrizidae : Turnstones. Page 231. 



1 Species. 



Small Shore-birds (8 inches long) with pied plumage, seen 

 turning over stones on rocky beaches, in search of marine 

 insects, etc. 



Family Charadriidae : Plovers (Popular Game-birds). Page 232. 



6 Species. 

 A large and important family of Shore-birds, frequenting 

 both fresh and salt water. They have Pigeon-like bills 



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