INTRODUCTORY. 



principle, and the Index will show how the birds are 

 distributed into Orders and Tribes, or Families. 

 Here, we may proceed without further formality, 

 beginning with Cuvier's first Order, the Raptores, or 

 birds, of prey, which have sharp, curved talons for 

 seizing their game, and hooked beaks for tearing 

 its flesh. 





