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RAPT0RES. 



Synoptical Table of the Raptores or Tearers. 



A bb rev iat ions— The Letter 



means Indigenous or Native ; P.V., Periodical Visitant ; 

 O.V., Occasional Visitant. 



It will be seen that there are 29 different species or kinds of 

 birds in the 20 genera, as set down in this synopsis of the 

 raptores. 



In adhering to this order of affinity, I do so quite indifferent 

 although other ornithologists may think they might be better 

 classified, which, after all, is a matter of arrangement and 

 opinion. The great question has long been solved by science 

 that in Nature there is one perfect cycle of affinity running 



