ORDER 10. FOWLS. Gallinse. 



Ground birds of robust form; bill hen-like; wings 

 short and rounded; feet large and strong. 



PARTRIDGES, GROUSE. Family Tetraonidtf : 

 Legs bare in the partridges, feathered in grouse. 



TURKEYS, PHEASANTS. Family Phasianida?: 

 Legs often spurred, or head with wattles, etc. 



GUANS. Family Cracidas: Represented by the 

 Chachalaca of Texas. 



ORDER 11. PIGEONS AND DOVES. Columbae. 



Family Columbidas: 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. 



VULTURES. Cathartidtf : Head bare; feet hen-like. 



HAWKS, EAGLES. Falconida;: Bill and claws 

 strongly hooked; nostrils in a cere at base of bill. 



BARN OWLS. Aluconida?: Black eyes in trian- 

 gular facial disc; middle toe-nail serrated. 



HORNED OWLS, ETC. Bubonid: Facial disc 

 round; some species with ears, others without. 



