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JFAMILY, GENERA, AND SPECIES OF THE BIRDS OF LONG ISLAND, 



(arranged according to the classification of AUDUBON.) 



FAMILY VULTURINiE. 



VULTURINE BIRDS. 

 GENUS CATHARTES. 

 Turkey Vulture. 

 Cathartes aura Turkey Vulture, or Turkey-buzzard 



FAMILY FALCONING. 

 FALCONINE BIRDS. 



GENUS BUTEO. 

 Buzzard. 



Red-tailed Buzzard 

 Broad-uvinged " 

 Rough-legged 



fiuteo borealis 



" Pennsylvanicus 

 " lagopus 

 " lineatu3 



Red-shouldered " 



GENUS AQUILA. 

 Eagle. 

 Aquila chrysaetoa Golden Eagle 



GENUS HALIjETUS. 

 Sea Eaale. 

 Haliaetus leucocephalus White-headed or Bald Eagle 



GENUS PANDION. 

 Osprey. 

 Pandion haliaetus Fish Hawk or Osprey 



GENUS NAUCLERUS. 

 Swallow-tailed Hawk. 

 Nauclerus furcatus Swallow-tailed Hawk 



GENUS FALCO. 

 Falcon. 

 Falco peregrinua Peregrine Falcon 



" sparverius Sparrow " 



" colujobarius Piacon '* 



Astur palumbarius 

 " fuscus 

 " Cooporii 



GENUS ASTUR. 

 Hawk. 



Gos Hawk 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk 

 Cooper's " 



