A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Eves very large and directed forward, toes feathered or with 

 bristles Siriges (Owls) 



Eyes moderate and laterally directed, toes quite bare : 



Accipitres (diurnal birds of prey) 



Barn-Owl (Tyto ofl>a) and Peregrine Falcon (.Fafco peregrinus). 



( Toes feathered, no hind toe : 

 12 | Pterocletea (Sand-Grouse) 



I Toes feathered or bare, hind toe present . 13 



Pallas's Sand-Grouse 

 (Syrrhaptes paradoxus). 



( Ten or twelve tail-feathers 



14 



13s More than twelve tail-feathers (with one exception Coturnix [Quail] 

 where tail hidden by coverts, and primaries stiff and rounded) : 



Gattin-e (Game-birds) 



14 



Ten fully developed tail-feathers, wing over 

 80 mm 15 



Ten fully developed tail-feathers and two 

 small soft ones on top of lateral tail- 

 feathers (two toes in front, two behind) : 

 Pici (Woodpeckers) 



Twelve fully developed tail-feathers, or else 

 wing not over 60 mm 17 



Green Woodpecker 

 (Picus viridis). 



r With a large crest 

 \ Without a crest . 



Upupce (Hoopoes) 

 . 16 



Hoopoe \Upupa epops). 



