CLASS II. AVES. 



LlST OF ALL THE BIRDS MET WITH AT THE PRESENT DAT 



IN SCANDINAVIA, DENMARK, FINLAND, GREENLAND, AND 

 SPITZBERGEN. 



NOTE. The limit for the Finland fauna is this : from 

 the bottom of the Gulf of Finland, through Ladoga, Omega, 

 and the White Sea, to Waranger Fjord, near the North 

 Cape, from thence following the Tana Eiver (which is the 

 political division between Sweden and Norway) south, 

 down the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finland to the starting 

 point. 



DIYISION 1. HETEROPHAGA. 



The young of which cannot feed themselves. 



OEDER 1. EAPTOKES. 



Birds of prey may be always distinguished by the sharp 

 hooked beak, and the sharp, long, pointed, crooked claws. 



DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 



Eyes placed on the sides of the head, small. 



None of the vultures have as yet been observed in Scan- 

 dinavia ; but two species, the Vultur Fulvus, L., and 

 Vultur CinereuSj L., have been added to the Danish fauna. 



Earn. 1. FALCONID^:. 



Head feathered, nostrils lateral, placed in a naked cell 

 at the root of the beak ; outer and middle toes joined at 

 the root. 



Gen. FalcOj L. Falcons. 



Beak short and thick, furnished with a pointed tooth 



