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ORNITHOLOGY. 



Birds of families : Leiotrichanae, Silky Chatterers ? Vireoninse, 

 Europe. Greenlets and Thick-heads ; Bombycillinae, Swallow-chat- 

 ^-~y~""' terers ; Ampelinae, Typical Chatterers ; Piprinae, Ma- 

 nakins. 



Family Muscicapidje. Fly-catchers. — Sub-families : 

 Querulinae ; Psarianae, Black-caps ; Fluvicolinae, Water- 

 chats ; Muscicapinae, Fly-catchers ; Eurylaiminae, Broad- 

 bills. 



Tribe II. — Conirostres. 



Family CoRviDa;. Crows. — Sub-families : Corvina?, 

 Typical Crows ; Garrulinae, Jays ; Glaucopinae, Wattle- 

 crows ; Coracinae, Fruit-crows ; Frigilinse. 



Family Sturnid.^. Starlings. — Sub-families: Sturninae, 

 Typical Starlings; Lamprotominae, Grakles; Scaphidurinae, 

 Boat-tails ; Icterinae, Hang-nests ; Aglainae, Maizers. 



Family Fringillid^:. Finches — Sub-families : Coc- 

 cothraustinae, Hard-bills ; Tanagrinae, Tanagers ; Fringil- 

 linas, Ground-finches ; Alaudinae, Larks ; Pyrrhulinae, 

 Bullfinches. 



Family Musophagid^:. Plantain-eaters. — Sub-fami- 

 lies : Phitotominae, Plant-cutters ; Colinae, Colies ; Muso- 

 phaginae, Plantain-eaters. 



Family Bucerids;. Genus Buceros. 



Tribe III. — Scansores. 



Family Ramphastid-s:. Toucans. 



Family Psittacidje. Parrots. — Sub-families : Macro- 

 circinae, Maccaws ; Psittacinae, Parrots ; Plyctolophinae, 

 Cockatoos ; Lorianae, Lories ; Platycircinae, Loriets. 



Family PiciDiE. Woodpeckers. — Sub-families : Pi- 

 cianae, True Woodpeckers ; Buccoinae, Barbuts. 



Family Certhiads;. Creepers Sub-families : Cer- 



thianae, True Creepers ; Anabatinae, Tree-runners ; Sit- 

 tinae, Nut-hatchers; Troglodytinae, Wrens; Buphaginae, 

 Ox-peckers. 



Family Cuculid^;. Cuckoos. — Sub-families: Cucu- 

 linae, Parasitic Cuckoos ; Coccyzinae, Hook-billed Cuckoos ; 

 Leptostominae, Long-billed Cuckoos ; Indicatorinae, Ho- 

 ney-guides. 



Tribe IV. — Tenuirostres. Suctorial Birds. 



Family Meliphagid^. Honey-suckers. 

 Family Cinnyrid.e. Sun-birds. 

 Family Trochilid.se. Humming birds. 

 Family Promeropidje. .Hoopoes. 

 Family Paradisiad^;. Paradise Birds. 



Tribe V. — Fissirostres. Fissirostral Birds. 



Family Meropid^e. Bee-eaters. 

 Family Halcyc-nid^. King-fishers. 

 Family Trogonid^;. Trogons. 

 Family Caprimulgid*. Night-jars. 

 Family Hirtjndinid.e. Swallows. 



Order III. — Rasores. Rasorial Birds. 



Family Pavonidje. Peacocks and Pheasants. 

 Family Tetraonid.s:. Partridges and Grouse. 

 Family Struthionid^. Ostriches. 

 Family Columbid^:. Pigeons. — Sub-family : Colum- 

 binae. 



Family Megapodiad^;. Great-foots. 



Order IV. — Grallatores. Waders. 



Family Ardeadje. Herons and Cranes. 



Family Tantalid.®. Ibis. 



Family Rallid^;. Rails. 



Family Scolopacid*. Sand-pipers and Snipes. 



Family Charadriad^. Plovers. 



Order V. — Natatores. Swimmers. 



Family Anatid^;. Ducks. — Sub-families: Phaenicop- 

 tinae, Flamingoes ; Anserinae, Geese and Swans ; Anatinae, 

 River-ducks ; Fuligulinae, Sea-ducks ; Merganinae, Mer- 

 gansers. 



Family Colymbid^;. Grebes and Divers. 



Family Alcad;e. Auks. 



Family Pelecanid^;. Pelicans. 



Family Laridje. 1 Gulls. 



Birds of 

 Europe. 



ENUMERATION OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE.' 



Order I. — Raptores. 



Vultur fulvus, Linn. 

 V. cinereus, Linn. 

 Neophron percnopterus, Sav. 

 Gypaetus barbatus, Storr. 

 Aquila imperialis, Briss. 

 A. chrysaeta, Briss. 

 A. Bonelli. 

 A. nasvia, Meyer. 

 A. pennata, Steph. 

 Haliaeetus albicilla, Selby. 

 H. leucocephalus, 1 



Sav. J 



Pandion haliaeetus, Sav. 

 Circaetus brachydactylus, 1 



Vieill. | 



Griffon Vulture. 

 Cinereous Vulture. 

 Egyptian Neophron. 

 Lammer-geyer. 

 Imperial Eagle. 

 Golden Eagle. 

 Bonelli's Eagle. 

 Spotted Eagle. 

 Booted Eagle. 

 Sea-Eagle. 



White-headed Eagle. 



Osprey. 



Short-toed Eagle. 



Buteo vulgaris, Bechst. 

 B. lagopus, Flem. 

 Pernis apivorus, Cuv. 

 Astur palumbarius, Bechst. 

 Falco islandicus, Lath. 

 F. lanarius, Linn. 

 Falco peregrinus, Linn. 

 F. subbuteo, Linn. 

 F. rufipes, Bechst. 

 F. aesalon, Temm. 

 F. cpncolor, Temm. 

 F. tinnunculus, Linn. 

 F. tinnunculoides, Natt. 

 Milvus vulgaris, Flem. 

 M. ater. 



Nauclerus furcatus, Vig. 

 Elanus melanopterus, Leach. 



Common Buzzard. 



Rough-legged Buzzard. 



Honey Buzzard. 



Goshawk. 



Jer-Falcon. 



Lanner Falcon. 



Peregrine Falcon. 



Hobby. 



Red-footed Falcon. 



Merlin. 



Lead-coloured Falcon. 



Kestril. 



Lesser Kestril. 



Kite. 



Black Kite. 



Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Black-tailed Kite. 



J This and the preceding family are placed as sub-families in Mr Swainson's synopsis, — we presume, by an oversight in typogra- 

 phical correction. A similar inadvertency occurs among the tenuirostral tribe. 



8 From Mr Gould's Birds of Europe, recently completed in five volumes royal folio, 1837. According to the author of this sump- 

 tuous work, the number of European birds may now be stated to amount to 462 species, of which 310 may be regarded as British. 

 Of the latter, about 170 are permanent residents in our island, eighty-five are summer birds of passage, which visit us from the south, 

 and forty-five are winter birds of passage, which visit us from the north. This seems to leave ten species unaccounted for : these 

 may probably be regarded as accidental stragglers. We may add, that Mr Doubleday, in his Nomenclature of British Birds (1836), 

 states the total number of species actually killed or captured in Britain as amounting to 323, of which the Raptores are thirty, the/n- 

 sessores 117, the Rasores seventeen, the Grallatores sixty-six, and the Natatores ninety.three. 



