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DIV. I. — VERTEBRATA. 



ORDER I. — AcciPiTRES (continued). 



Genus. 



II. Falco, L. 

 [continued) . 



III. Strix, L. 



10. 



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 13. 



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 15. 

 16. 



17. 

 1. 



Subgenus. Example of Species. 



„ . ,. „ ) Falco Cayennensis, Gm. Small 



Cyniindis, Cuv. . . > n i 



■' ) (Jarjenne eagle 



Astur, Bechstein . . . Falco palumbarius,L. Goshawk 



Nisus, Cuv Falco nisus, L. Sparrow-hawk 



Milvus, Bechstein . . Falco milvus, L. Common kite 



„ . „ 1 Falco apivorus, L. Common 



rernis, Cuv > , '^, , 



j honey-buzzard 



„ ^ r. 7 ^ ■ 1 Falco buteo, L. Common buz- 

 Buteo, Bechstein . J- , 



J zard 



„. n 7 ^ . ) Falco cyaneus, Gm. Hen-har- 



Circus, Bechstein. t ■ 

 ) rier 



„ , • ^ 1 Falco serpentarius, Gm. S7iake- 



Serpentaruis, C?<y. J- ^ c ^ 



^ j eater, or Secretary 



„, „ 1 Str. otus, L. Common long- 



Otus, Cuv y J ? 



} eared oivt 



Ulula, Cuv Y\ '^f'"-^' ^™- ^'■^'^^ ^"'■'^^ 



) howler 



Strix, prop, i^a-l Str. flammea, L. Common luhite 



vigny J or ham owl 



Syrnium, Savigny . .Str. stridula, L. the ivood-owl 



Bubo, Cuv. Str. bubo, L. Great horned owl 



Noctua, Savigny .. .Str. surnia, Dum. Hawk-owl 



c, CI ■ y Str. leucotis, Tern. White-eared 



Scops, Savigny . . > , 



ORDER II.— Passeres. 



This order is not clearly defined, nor does it appear very Avell 

 divided. As to the former, it seems to contain every bird that does 

 not belong to any other of the orders ; as to the latter, Cuvier ap- 

 pears to have done whatever was possible, under the present state 

 of knowledge, by using for his primary divisions the nature of the 

 feet, and for his secondary, or division into families, the peculiarities 

 of the bill. As respects the feet, they are divided into those which 

 have the external toe united to the internal only as far as the first or 

 second phalanx, and those called Syndactyles, in which the union 

 extends to all but the last articulation. The first of these divisions 

 is by far the most numerous, and contains the families Dentirostres, 

 Fissirostres, Conirostres, and Tenuirostres, with their several genera 

 and subgenera, as underneath : the second forms but one family, 

 containing six genera. 



