Their Eggs and Nests. 



31 



themselves and the won(ierful objects of study their 

 history reveals. 



A comparison of the scheme which follows with 

 that which is left standinor jn the " Introductory 

 Chapter to the Original Edition " may be not alto- 

 gether without profit to one who desires reall}" to 

 study the general subject. The orders, it will be 

 noticed, are altered, and both in name and constitu- 

 tion, and the same as to groups or sub-orders. The 

 same as to families and sub-families ; and again, the 

 same as to the genera constituting these latter 

 divisions. But it is hoped that neither what is left, 

 nor what is substituted for the oK^ will be such as to 

 interfere with the utility and interest of the book to 

 the rising ornithologist. 



ORDER.— ACCIPITRES. 



Fa^iily I. Vulturidce 

 II. Fcdconidce 



Family 



(2 members or species.) 

 . . (22 members.) 



