Our Common Birds and How to Know Them 



And into the following sub-orders : 



1 Podicipedes : Grebes. 



2 Cepphi : Loons and Auks. 



3 Ibides : Spoonbills and Ibises. 



4 Ciconije : Storks, etc. 



5 Herodii : Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, etc. 



6 Grues : Cranes. 



7 Ralli : Rails, Gallinu'.es, Coots, etc. 



8 Phasiani : Pheasants, Grouse, Partridges, 



Quails, etc. 



9 Penelopes : Curassows and Guans. 

 10 Satcorhamphi : American Vultures. 



11 Falcones: Vultures, Falcons, Hawks, Buzzards, 



Eagles, Kites. Harriers, etc. 



1 2 Striges ; Owls. 



1 i Cuculi : Cuckoos, etc. 



14 Trogones : Trogons. 



1 5 Alcyones : Kingfishers. 



1 6 Caprimulgi : Goatsuckers, etc. 



17 Cypseli : Swifts. 



1 8 Trochili : Hummingbirds. 



19 Clamatores : Songless Perching Birds. 



20 Oscines : Song Birds. 



And these, again, into sixty-six families and forty-six sub-families, and into genera, 

 species and varieties to a bewildering extent. * 



There are about one thousand kinds mentioned in the CHECK LIST of the American 

 Ornithologist's Union, some of which are not properly North American Birds ; and Dr. 

 Coues in his KEY describes nearly nine hundred varieties, including birds like the Skylark, 



