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Order ACCIPITRES The Birds of Prey 3!)'J 



Suborder Striges Nocturnal Raptores (Owls), 399 Family Strigidae (The Barn 

 Owls), 400. Family Bubonidae (The Owls), 403. Suborder Falcones Diurnal 

 Raptores, 426.-Family Falconidae (Falcons, Kites, Harriers, Hawks, and Eagles), 

 126. Suborder Sarcorhamphi The American Vultures, 488. Family Cathar- 

 tidse (The American Vultures), 488. 



Order COLUMBUS The Pigeons or Doves 494 



Family Columbidae (The Pigeons). 494. 



