278 Education through Nature 



ORDERS or BIRDS AND SOME COMMON GENERA. 



1. Raven, Corvus 



2. Magpie, Pica 



3. Crow, Corvus 



4. Blackbirds, Agelaius 



5. Lark, Sturnella 



6. Starling, Sturnus 



7. Vireos, Vireo 



8. Waxwings, Ampelis 



9. Swallows, Hirundo 



10. Wrens, Campylorhynchus 



11. Thrush, Turdus 



12. Blue-birds, Sia/i'a 



13. Robin, Erythacus 



14. Mockingbird, Mimus 



15. Kinglet, Regius 



1 6. Chickadee, Par us 



17. Jays, Cyanura 



18. Finch, Carpodacus 



19. Grosbeak, Hedymeles 



20. Song-sparrow, Melospiza 



21. Oriole, Icterus 



22. Sparrow, Passer 



23. Bobolink, Dolichonyx 



24. Pewees, Sayornis 



25. Starling, Sturnus 



26. King-bird, Tyrannus 



27. Vireo, Fireo 



28. Nightingale, Daulias 



29. Linnet, Linaria 



30. Snow-finch, Monti frmgilla 



31. Canary, Serinus 



i. Insessores, singing birds, three 

 toes in front, perchers 



2. Psittaci, /fes&y tongue, stout 

 curved beak, arboreal 



3. Picarise, paired toes, arial 



4. . Raptores, strongly hooked bill 

 and talons, preying 



Ii. Cockatoos, Plictolopleus 



2. Lory, Trichoglossus 



3. Parrots, Psittacus 



4. Love-birds, Agapornis 



1. Swifts, Ch&tura 



2. Humming-birds, Trochilus 



3. Woodpeckers, Melanerpes 



4. Cuckoos, Coccyzus 



5. Trogons, Tmetotrogon 



1. Eagle, Aquila 



2. Hawks, Aocipiter 



3. Owls, Nyctea 



4. Vulture, Cathartes 



5. Condor, Carcorhampus 



, 6. Buzzard, 



