CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 



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Tenth Group— Raven Vultures— {Catharice)— Four Families. 

 i. Pharaons Vultures— Percnopterus. 



2. Collar Vultures — Neophron. 



3. Raven Vultures— Cathartes. 



4. Crow Vultures — Coragyps. 



Eleventh Group—Day Owls— (Surnice)— Five Families. 

 Falcon Owls — Surnia. 

 Hare Owls — Nyctea. 

 Rock Owls — Athene. 

 Burrow Owls — Pholeoptynx. 

 Sparrow Owls — Microptynx . 



Twelfth Group — Eared Owls — (Bubones) — Four Families. 



1. Great Horned Owls — Bubo. 



2. Water Owls — Ketupa. 



3. Eared Owls — Otus. 



4. Dwarf Eared Owls — Ephialtes. 



Thirteenth Group — Night Owls, Screech Owls- 

 Families. 



1. Tree Screech Owls — Syrnium. 



2. Night Screech Owls — Nyctale. 



3. Veiled Screech Owls, Barn Owls — Strix. 



- ( Striges) — Three 



FIFTH ORDER. 



Spreading Birds — {Hiantes) — Five Groups. 



First Group — Swallows — (Hirundines) — Five Families. 



1. Noble Swallows — Cecropis. 



2. Rough-legged Swallows — Chelidon. 



3. Gray Swallows — Cotyle. 



4. Wood Swallows — Atticora. 

 3. Sailing Swallows — Progne. 



Second Group — Sailors — {Cypseli) — Four Families. 



1. Tree Sailor — -Dendrochelidon. 



2. Salanganes — Collocalia. 



3. Prickle Sailors — Acanthylis. 



4. Sailors — Cypselus. 



-( Caprimulgi) — Eight Families. 



Third Group — Night Swallows- 



1. Day Shaders — Podager. 



2. Twilight Swallows — Chordeiles. 



3. Night Shaders — Caprimulgus. 



4. Bristle Swallows — Antrostomus. 



5. Train Swallows — Scotornis. 



6. Water Swallows — Hydropsalis. 



7. Deceit Swallows — Macrodipterix. 



8. Giant Swallows — Nyctibius. 



Fourth Group— Cave Swallows— (Steathornithes)— One Family. 

 1. Guacharo — Steathornis caripensis. 

 Fifth Group— Owl Swallows— (Podargi)— Three Families. 



1. Dwarf Owl Swallows— Aegotheles. 



2. Owl Swallows — Podargus. 



3. Frog-mouth Swallows— Batrachostom us. 



SIXTH ORDER. 



Singing Birds— (Oscines)— Thirty Groups. 

 First Group- -Butcher-birds, Shrikes— [Lanii)— Three Families. 



1. Preying Butcher-birds — Lanius. 



2. Ninekillers — Enncoctonus. 



3. Big-head Shrikes— Falcunculus. 



Second Group— Bush Shrikes— {Melaconoti)— Three Families. 



1. Flute Shrikes — Laniarius. 



2. Cap Shrikes — Telephonus. 



3. Helmet Shrikes —Prion ops. 



Third Group — Raven Shrikes — (Thamnophili) — Two Families. 



1. Crow Shrikes — Cracticus. 



2 . Bataras — Thamnophilus. 



-(Edolii) — Three Families. 



Fourth Group — Snapping Shrikes- 



1. Snapping Shrikes — Dicrourus. 



2 . Drongo's — Chaptia. 



3. Flag Drongo's — Edolius. 



Fifth Group — Swallow Shrikes — (Artami) — One Family. 

 1. Swallow Shrike — Artamus sordidus. 



Sixth Group — King Shrikes — ( Tyranni) — Six Families. 

 Tyrants^ — 7 yr annus. 

 Crying Tyrants — Saurophagus. 

 Fork Tyrants — Milvulus. 

 Crown Tyrants — Megalophus. 

 Fly Stilts — Gubernetes. 



Seventh Group — Caterpillar Eaters - 



Family. 

 1. Vermilion Birds — Pericrocotus. 



■ ( Campephagce) — One 



Eighth Group — Fly Snappers — Myiagrce) — Two Families. 



1. Paradise Snappers — Terpsiphone. 



2. P'an Tails — Rhipidura. 



Ninth Group — Fly Catchers — (Muscicapce) — Three Families. 



1. Fly Catchers — Butalis. 



3. Mourning Fly Catchers — Muscicapa. 

 3. Dwarf Fly Catchers — Erythrosterna. 



Tenth Group — Waxwings, Cedar-birds — (Bomby cilice) — One 



Family. 

 1. Waxwings — Bomby cilia. 



Eleventh Group — Ornament-birds — {Piprce) — Three Families. 



1. Cliff-birds — Rupicola. 



2. Ornament-birds — Pipra. 



3 . Panther-birds — Pardalotus. 



Twelfth Group — Crop-birds — (Gymnoderi) — Three Families. 



1. Capuchin-birds — Gymnocephalus . 



2 . Bull-birds — Cephalopterus . 

 3,, Bell-birds — Chasmarhynchus. 



Thirteenth Group — Ground Singers — (Humicolce)- 



lies. 

 Nightingales — Luscinia. 

 Tree Nightingales — Aedon. 

 Blue-throats — Cyanecula. 

 Rubi Nightingales — Calliope. 

 Redbreasts — Rubecula . 



-Five Fami- 



Fourtcenth Group — Chats — {Monticolce) — Six Families. 

 Red Starts — Ruticilla. 

 Meadow Chats — Pratincola. 

 Stone Chats — Sax i cola. 

 Runnino- Chats — Dromolcea. 



5. Rock Chats — Petrocincla. 



6. Bush Chats — Thamnolcea. 



