ORDER 10. FOWLS Galline. 
Ground birds of robust form; bill hen-like; wings 
short and rounded; feet large and strong. 
PARTRIDGES, GROUSE. Family Tetraonidw:— 
Legs bare in the partridges, feathered in grouse. 
TURKEYS, PHEASANTS. Family Phasianide:— 
Legs often spurred, or head with wattles, etc. 
GUANS. Family Cracid@e:—Represented by the 
Chachalaca of Texas. 
ORDER 11. PIGEONS AND DOVES. Columbe. 
Family Columbid@e:—Bill slender, hard at the tip, 
and with the nostrils opening in a fleshy membrane 
at the base. Plumage soft grays and browns. 
ORDER 12. BIRDS OF PREY. Raptores. 
VULTURHES. Cathartide:—Head bare; feet hen-like. 
HAWKS, EAGLES. Falconid@:—Bill and claws 
strongly hooked; nostrils in a cere at base of bill. 
BARN OWLS. Aluconidae:—Black eyes in trian- 
gular facial disc; middle toe-nail serrated. 
HORNED OWLS, ETC. Bubonide:—Facial disc 
round; some species with ears, others without. 
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