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  Order 
  II. 
  — 
  Raptores, 
  or 
  Rapacious 
  Birds 
  ; 
  those 
  that 
  

   live 
  exclusively 
  on 
  animal 
  substances, 
  being 
  analo- 
  

   gous 
  to 
  the 
  Tigers, 
  Hyenas, 
  and 
  other 
  carnivorous 
  

   quadrupeds. 
  

  

  Order 
  III. 
  — 
  Natatores, 
  or 
  Swimming 
  Birds; 
  web-footed, 
  

   and 
  fitted 
  to 
  live 
  habitually 
  in 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  Order 
  IV. 
  — 
  Grallatores, 
  or 
  Wading 
  Birds; 
  with 
  long 
  

   legs 
  and 
  necks, 
  fitted 
  for 
  the 
  pursuit 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  

   animals 
  inhabiting 
  shallow 
  water 
  and 
  marshes. 
  

  

  Order 
  V. 
  — 
  Rasores, 
  or 
  "Walking 
  Birds 
  ; 
  rearing 
  their 
  

   young 
  and 
  living 
  chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  Hirundo 
  purpurea. 
  

   H. 
  rufa. 
  

   Acanthylis 
  pelasgia. 
  

  

  I. 
  ISfSESSORES. 
  

   Hirundinidse. 
  

  

  Purple, 
  or 
  house 
  martin. 
  

   Barn 
  swallow. 
  

   Chimney 
  swallow. 
  

  

  Caprimulginae. 
  

  

  Caprimulgus 
  vociferus. 
  Whippoorwill. 
  

  

  " 
  " 
  Ohuckwills 
  widow. 
  

  

  Alcedo 
  alcyon. 
  

   Trochilus 
  colubris. 
  

   Troglodytes 
  aedon. 
  

   Merula 
  migratoria. 
  

  

  Alcedinidae. 
  

  

  Kingfisher. 
  

  

  Trocbllidae. 
  

  

  Humming-bird. 
  

  

  Troglodytlnae. 
  

  

  House 
  wren. 
  

  

  Alerulidse. 
  

  

  American 
  robin. 
  

  

  Ampelidse. 
  

  

  Bombycilla 
  Carolinaensis. 
  Cedar 
  bird. 
  

  

  