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Lead, in most species, bare of feathers, and cover- 

 ed in front by a naked skin ; tongue fleshy and 

 generally bifid ; neck retractile ; feet strong with 

 moderately crooked claws. 



FALCO, (hawk, buzzard, kite, eagle,) beak 

 hooked, furnished at the base with a cere ; head 

 well covered with feathers ; tongue, in most spe- 

 cies, bifid. 



SERPENTARIUS, (snake T eater,) beak vulturine : 

 tongue pointed : legs very long. 



STRIX, (owl,) bill hooked, without cere ; nos 

 trils oblong, covered with recumbent setaceous 

 feathers ; head, eyes, and ears, large ; tongue 

 bifid ; exterior toe moveable backward and for- 

 ward. 



ORDER II. PASSERES. 



Including all birds, which are not swimmers, 

 waders, runners, climbers, birds of prey, or of the 

 gallinaceous kind. They are all of the sparrow 

 like family. 



Section A. Bills indented. / 



X, 

 LANIUS, (shrike, butcher-bird,) bill straightish, 



with a tooth or small process on each side near 

 the tip : tongue jagged ; outside toe connected to 

 the middle one, as far as the first joint. 



TANAGRA, (tanager,) bill conic, pointed, notch- 

 ed, almost triangular at the base, a little inclining 

 at the tip. 



MUSCICAFA, (fly-catcher, cat-bird,) bill nearly 

 triangular, notched each side, bent in at the tip^ 

 and beset with bristles at the root ; toes (mostly) 

 divided to their oiigin. 



AMPELIS, (chatterer,) bill straight, convex ; 

 each mandible notched ; nostrils covered with 



