ORDER 10. FOWLS Gallinae. 



Ground birds of robust form; bill hen-like; wings 

 short and rounded; feet large and strong. 



PARTRIDGES, GROUSE. Family Tetraonidee: 

 Legs bare in the partridges, feathered in grouse. 



TURKEYS, PHEASANTS. Family Phasianidse : 

 Legs often spurred, or head with wattles, etc. 



GUANS. Family Cracidoe: Represented by the 

 Chachalaca of Texas. 

 ORDER 11. PIGEONS AND DOVES. Columbae. 



Family ColumbidGe: Bill slender, hard at the tip, 

 and with the nostrils opening in a fleshy membrane 

 at the base. Plumage soft grays and browns. 



ORDER 12. BIRDS OF PREY. Raptores. 

 VULTURES. Cathartidce: Head bare; feet hen-like. 



HAWKS, EAGLES. Falconidce : Bill and claws 

 strongly hooked; nostrils in a cere at base of bill. 



BARN OWLS. Aluconidae: Black eyes in trian- 

 gular facial disc; middle toe-nail serrated. 



HORNED OWLS, ETC. Bubonidop: Facial disc 

 round; some species with ears, others without. 



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