CONTENTS AND CLASSIFICATION. 



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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY i 



FIRST ORDER RAPTORES : OR BIRDS OF PREY. 



Family, Vulturida. 

 CHAPTER II. THE VULTURES 9 



Family, Falconidce. 



CHAPTER III. THE KITES, BUZZARDS, AND HARRIERS... 15 

 CHAPTER IV. THE HAWKS, FALCONS, AND EAGLES ... 21 



Family, Strigidce. 

 CHAPTER V. THE OWLS 29 



SECOND ORDER INSESSORES : OR PERCHING BIRDS. 



Tribe, Fissirostres. 

 CHAPTER VI. THE SWALLOWS AND SWIFTS 35 



CHAPTER VII. THE NIGHTJARS, BEE-EATERS, AND 



KINGFISHERS 42 



Tribe, Scansores. 



CHAPTER VIII. THE PARROTS 49 



CHAPTER IX. THE CUCKOOS 53 



CHAPTER X. THE WOODPECKER AND THE COPPERSMITH. 57 



Tribe, Tenuirostres. 



CHAPTER XL THE SUNBIRDS AND THE HOOPOE 62 



Tribe, Denlirostres. 



CHAPTER XII. THE SHRIKES 70 



CHAPTER XIII. THE FLYCATCHERS 76 



CHAPTER XI V. THE ROCK THRUSH AND THE BABBLERS. 80 



CHAPTER XV. THE BULBULS 87 



CHAPTER XVI. THE ORIOLES , 91 



