CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTION. 1 



Order ACCIPITRES ; or BIRDS OF PREY. 11 



Sub-Order Accipitres Diurxi ; or Diurnal Birds op Prey. 



Family Vulturid.e ; Sub-Family Gyp.etix.e : 



Lammergeyer — Gypuetus barbatus 11 



Sub-Family Sarcorhamphix.e ; Flesh-Beaked Vultures 12 



Condor — Sarcorhamphus gryplms 12 



Black Vulture — Catharista Ma, or alrata 17 



Sub-Family Vulturix.e ; True Vultures 21 



Arabian Vulture — Vultur monachus 21 



Sociable Vulture — Ologyps auricularis 22 



Fulvous, or Griffin Vulture — Gyps fulvus 24 



Egyptian Vulture — Neophron perenopterus 26 



Family Falcoxid.e ; Sub-Family Aqualin.e ; Eagles 27 



Golden Eagle — Aquila chrysaetos 28 



Martial Eagle — Spjizaetus bellicosus 33 



Laughing Falcon — Herpetotheres cachinnans 33 



Jean Le Blanc Eagle — C'ircaetus gallicus. 34 



Crested, or Harpy Eagle — Thrasactus harpyda 34 



Brazilian Eagle, or Urubitinga — Morphnusurubitinga 36 



Osprey — Pandion haliaetus 36 



Cinereous, or Sea Eagle — Haliaetus albicilla 39 



Sub-Family Polyborix.e 44 



Red-Throated Falcon — Ibycler amcricanus 44 



Southern Caracara — Milmgo auslralis 45 



Brazilian Kite — Polyborus liraziliensis 45 



Sub-Family Buteoxix^e : 



Buzzard — Buteo vulgaris 46 



Rough-Legged Falcon— Archibuteo lagopus 47 



Sub-Family Milvix.e: 



Honey Buzzard — Perms apdmrus 48 



Kite — minus rcgalis 48 



Swallow-Tailed Kite — Elanoides furcalus 49 



Black-Winged Falcon — Flanus melanopterus 51 



Crook-Billed Falcon — Cymindis uncinatus 52 



Mississippi Kite — Ictmia mississippiensis 52 



Sub-Family Falconi.e ; True Falcons 55 



Jerfalcon — Falco gyrfalco 55 



Hobby — Hypotriorchis (or Falco) subbuleo 60 



Cream-Bellied Falcon— Jcracidca berigora 62 



Kestrel — Tinnunculus akmdarius, or Falco tinnunculus 62 



Notched Falcon — Harpagus bidentatus 64 



Sub-Family ACCIPITRIX.E : 



Goshawk — Astur palumbarius 64 



Sparrow Hawk — Accipiter (or Astur) nisus 67 



Chanting Falcon — Melierax musicus 70 



Sub-Family CiRCIXvE : 



Secretary Bird — Serpentarius (or Gypogeranus) secre- 



tarius '. 70 



Hen Harrier — Circus cyaneus 73 



Suli-Order Accipitres Nocturxi ; or Nocturxal Birds of 



Prey 75 



Family Strigid.e ; Sub-Family Surxtx.E : 



Canada Owl — Sunda ulula 75 



Snowy Owl — Xyctea nivea 77 



Burrowing Owl — Athene (or Speotyto) cunicularia. . . 78 



Sub-Family Bunoxix.E : 



Tengmalm's Owl — Nyctale funcrea 80 



Scops Eared Owl — Ephialtes'scops, or Scops carnioliaca 80 



Great Owl — Bubo igytavus 82 



Sub-Family SurxiX/E: 



Brown Owl — Syjrnium aluco 85 



Long Eared Owl — Ohis vulgaris 86 



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Sub-Family Strigix.e : 



Barred Owl — Strix nebulosa 89 



Order PASSERES ; or PERCHERS 93 



Tribe Fissirostres ; or Cleft-Beaked Birds. 

 Sub-Tribe Fissirostres Nocturxi; or Nocturxal Cleft- 

 Beaked Birds. 



Family Caprimulgid.e ; Goat-Suckers 93 



Triuidad Goat-Sucker — Steatornis caripensis 93 



Tawny-Shouldered Podargus — Fodargus numeralis. 93 

 New Holland Goat-Sucker — -Fgotheles rums hol- 



landiai gg 



Great-Eared Goat-Sucker — Batrachostomus aurilus . . 97 



European Goat-Sucker — Caprimulgus europams 98 



Long-Tailed Goat-Sucker — Scotornis climacurus 100 



Leona Nightjar — Macrodipteryx kmgipennis 101 



Virginian Goat-Sucker — Chordeilcs virginianus 102 



Nacunda Goat-Sucker — Podager nacunda 103 



Sub-Tribe Fissirostres Diurx.e ; or Diurnal Cleft- 

 Beaked Birds 104 



Family Hiruxdixih.f, ; Swallows; Sub-Family Cypse- 



lix.e ; Swifts 104 



Australian Needle-Tailed Swallow — Acanthylis cau- 



dacuta 104 



Klecho Swallow — Macropileryx Tdecho, or Dendrocheli- 



don kmgipennis 105 



White-Bellied Swift — Cypselus melba 106 



Esculent Swallow — Collocalia nidifica Ill 



Sub-Family HlRUXDIXIX.E : 



White-Breasted Swallow — Atlicora leucosternon 113 



Swallow — Hirundo rustica 113 



Purple Swallow — Progne subis 116 



Sand Martin — Colyle riparia 118 



House Martin — Chelidon urbica 118 



Family Coraciad.e ; Sub-Family Coraciax.e ; Rollers. . . 120 



Oriental Roller — Euryslomus orientalis 120 



Garrulous Roller — Coracias garrula 121 



Brachypteracias — Brachypteracias leptosomus 121 



Sub-Family Todix.e ; Todies 121 



Green Tody — Todus viridis 121 



Sub-Family Eurylaimix.e : 



Javan Tody — Eurylaimus javanicus 122 



Great-Billed Tody — Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus. . 123 



Sub-Family Momotix.e : 



Brazilian Motmot — Momotus braziliensis 124 



Family Trogoxid.e ; Trogoxs 125 



Massena's Trogon — Trogon massena 125 



Narina Trogon->-Apaloderma (or Trogon) narina 126 



Cuba Trogon — Prwtelus temnurus 127 



Malabar Trogon — Harpjacles malabaricus 127 



Beautiful Trogon — Calurus antisianus 128 



Family Alcedixid.e ; Sub-Family BbcconiNjE ; Barbets.. 129 



Collared Barbet — Bucco coUaris 129 



White-Faced Barbet — Monasa leucops 130 



White-Backed Barbet — Chelidoptera tenebrosa 130 



Sub-Family Halcyonin.e ; Kingfishers 130 



Laughing Jackass — fiacelo i or Paramyon) gigas 131 



Australian Kingfisher — Halcyon sancta 132 



Ternate Kingfisher— Tanysiptera dea 133 



Tridactylous Kingfisher — Ceyx tndactyla 134 



Sub-Family Alcedinin.e : 



Belted Kingfisher — Ceryle alcyon 135 



Common Kingfisher — Alcedo ispida 135 



Tiny Kingfisher — Alcyone pusilla 137 



