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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



THIRD CLASS OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS. 



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BIRDS 308 



No department of Nature unfurnished... 308 



Internal structure of Birds 308 



Their hot Blood imparts intense vitality. 308 



Perfection of their respiration 308 



Skeleton of Birds 309 



Peculiar mechanism in the Legs of Perch- 

 ing Birds 310 



Feathers of Birds 3" 



Birds oviparous 312 



Divided into seven Orders 313 



ORDER RAPTORES or ACCIPITRES 313 



Divided into Diurnal and Nocturnal Birds 



ofPrey 3*3 



Diurnal Birds of Prey 313 



Eagles, how distinguished 313 



Golden Eagle 315 



Fisher Eagles 315 



Falcons 315 



Vultures, their aspect 317 



The Ossifraga of the Romans 318 



Nocturnal Birds of Prey 318 



Owls 318 



ORDER PASSERES 319 



Divided into five Tribes 319 



TRIBE I. DENTIROSTRES 320 



Shrikes : 320 



Fly-catchers *......... 321 



Thrushes 321 



Nightingales 321 



Wrens 321 



Wagtails 321 



Titlarks 321 



TRIBE II. FISSIROSTRES 322 



Divided into two Tribes, Diurnal and 



Nocturnal 322 



Diurnal Fissirostres 322 



Swallows 322 



Swifts r. 323 



Nocturnal Fissirostres 323 



Goatsuckers 323 



TRIBE II. CONIROSTRES 324 



Larks 324 



Titmice 324 



Finches 324 



Weavers, Linnets, Goldfinches, Chaf- 

 finches, Canary, Bullfinch 325 



Crows 325 



Birds of Paradise 326 



The Emerald Bird of Paradise 326 



TRIBE IV. TENUIROSTRES 327 



Nuthatches 327 



Creepers 327 



Humming-Birds 327 



Hoopoes 327 



TRIBE V. SYNDACTYL/E 330 



Bee-eaters 330 



Kingfishers 331 



Hornbills 331 



ORDER SCANSORES 331 



Peculiarity in the outer Toe of Birds o/ 



this Order 331 



Woodpeckers 33 2 



Their remarkable Tongue 332 



Wrynecks 332 



Cuckoos ; .' 333 



Toucans, how distinguishable 334 



Parrots 334 



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ORDER GALLING .................................... 335 



Divided into two sections ..................... 335 



Gallinae properly so called .................. 335 



335 



330 



Peacocks 



Guinea-Fowls .................................... 337 



Pheasants .......................................... 337 



Barn-door Fowl ................................. 337 



Curassows .......................................... 337 



Grouse ............................................. 337 



Capercailzie ....................................... 339 



Second Section of Gallinaceous Birds ...... 339 



Pigeons ................................................ 339 



ORDER CURSORES .................................... 340 



Ostriches .......................................... 340 



True Ostriches .................................... 340 



African Ostrich ................................. 340 



American Ostrich .............................. 341 



Cassowary .......................................... 341 



Bustards .......................................... 341 



Apteryxes .......................................... 342 



Shaw's Apteryx ................................. 342 



ORDER GRALLATORES : ............................. 342 



Separated into four Tribes .................. 342 



TRIBE I. PRESSIROSTRES ........................ 342 



Plovers ........... , ................................. 343 



Sandpipers .......................................... 343 



Oyster-catchers ................................. 343 



TRIBE II. CULTIROSTRES ..................... 344 



Cranes ............................................. 344 



Herons ............................................. 345 



Storks ............................................. 345 



Spoonbills .......................................... 345 



TRIBE III. LONGIROSTRES ..................... 345 



Ibis ................................................... 346 



Scarlet Ibis ....................................... 346 



Curlews ............................................. 346 



Snipes ................................................ 346 



Woodcock .......................................... 347 



Turnstones ....................................... 347 



TRIBE IV. NACRODACTYLES .................. 347 



Jackanas .......................................... 348 



Rails ................................................ 348 



Land-Rail .......................................... 348 



Coots ....... ... ...................................... 349 



Flamingoes ....................................... 349 



ORDER PALMIPEDES ................................. 349 



TRIBE I. BRACHYPTERES ........................ 350 



Divers ............................................. 351 



Grebes ............................................. 351 



Divers properly so called ............. . ....... 351 



Great Northern Diver ........................ 351 



Penguins .......................................... 352 



Puffins ............................................. 352 



Penguins properly so called .................. 352 



Common Penguins .............................. 352 



King Penguins .................................... 353 



TRIBE II. LONGIPENNES ........................ 353 



Petrels ............................................. 354 



Albatrosses ....................................... 354 



Sea-Gulls .......................................... 354 



Terns ................................................ 355 



Skimmers .......................................... 356 



TRIBE III. TOTIPALMATJE ..................... 356 



Pelicans ............................................. 356 



Pelicans properly so called .................. 357 



Cormorants ....................................... 357 



Frigate Birds .................................... 357 



Gannets ............................................. 357 



Tropic Birds ....................................... 357 



