CONTENTS. 



CHAHACTERISTTCS OF ORDERS 



ORDER I. RAPTORES, ROBBERS. 



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Family Falconidae, Falcons ....... ...... 



Sub-Family Falconinae, Falcons proper ..... .... 



Accipitrinae, Hawks . .......... 



Buteoninse, Buzzard-Hawks ......... 34: 



'Aquilinae, Eagles ......... .... 49 



Family Strigidse, Owls ............... 



Sub-Family Buboninse, Horned Owls .......... 60 



Syrninse, Gray Owls ........... 71 



Nycteininse, Day Owls ........... 77 



ORDER H. SCAKSORES, CLIMBERS. 



QO 



Family Cuculidae, Cuckoos 



Picidae, Woodpeckers 87 



ORDER HI. INSESSORES, PERCHERS. 



Sub-Order Strisores U | 



Family Trochilidas, Humming-Birds 



Cypselidae, Swifts . . . Hf 



Caprimulgidae, Goat-Suckers 



Sub-Order Clamatores, Screamers 125 



Family Alcedinidae, Kingfishers 12 ' 



Colopteridae, Flycatchers 128 



Sub-Family Tyranninae, Tyrant Flycatchers 128 



Sub-Order Oscines, Singers 



Family Turdidae, Thrushes , 14 J 



Sub-Family Miminae, Mocking-Birds 163 



Family Saxicolidae, Rock-Inhabiters 175 



