88 BRITISH BIRDS 



Division iii. Neornithes Carinatae. 



Order i. Ichthyornithes (fossil Ichthyornis only). 



Order ii. Passeres (thrushes, swallows, flycatchers, tits, &c.). 



Order iii. Picariae (rollers, cuckoos, hornbills, woodpeckers, 



swifts, colies, trogons, goatsuckers, kingfishers). 

 Order iv. Striges (owls). 



Order v. Accipitres (hawks, eagles, American vultures, &c.). 

 Order vi. Steganopodes (cormorants, pelicans, solan geese, 



frigate bird). 



Order vii. Herodiones (herons, storks, ibis, spoonbills). 

 Order viii. Odontoglossi (flamingoes). 

 Order ix. Anseres (screamers, ducks, geese). 

 Order x. Columbae (doves). 

 Order xi. Pterocletes (sand-grouse). 

 Order xii. Gallinae (curassows, megapodes, pheasants, grouse, 



Opisthocomus, &c.). 

 Order xiii. Tinamidee (tinamous). 

 Order xiv. Fulicariae (rails, coots). 

 Order xv. Alectorides (cranes, bustards, Cariama, &c.). 

 Order xvi. Limicolae (plovers, snipe, knots, &c.). 

 Order xvii. Gaviae (gulls, skuas). 

 Order xviii. Pygopodes (auks, divers, grebes). 

 Order xix. Sphenisciformes (penguins). 

 Order xx. Tubinares (petrels, albatross). 

 Order xxi. Psittaci (parrots). 



It will be noticed that, out of these twenty-one groups into 

 which we may divide the Neornithes Carinatae of Gadow, only three 

 are not represented in Great Britain, viz. the Sphenisciformes, 

 Psittaci, and Tinamiformes. So that the student of bird anatomy in 

 this country has plenty of chance of making himself acquainted 

 with the main outlines of structure of the entire class of living 

 birds. Out of the thirty-two minor divisions of these birds, no 

 fewer than twenty-one are to be met with in these islands ; and of 

 those that are not, some are quite easy to get hold of a parrot, for 

 instance. 



