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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  these 
  three 
  systems 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  equivalents 
  of 
  the 
  

   several 
  orders 
  of 
  our 
  birds, 
  with 
  each 
  order 
  numbered 
  according 
  to 
  its 
  

   position 
  in 
  each 
  author's 
  classification, 
  gives 
  the 
  following 
  agreement: 
  

  

  GADOW-RIDGWAY 
  

  

  1 
  Colymbiformes 
  

  

  2 
  Procellai-iiformes 
  

  

  3 
  Ciconiiformes 
  -j 
  

  

  4 
  Anseriformes 
  

  

  5 
  Falconiformes 
  

  

  6 
  Galliformes 
  

  

  7 
  Gruiformes 
  

  

  8 
  Charadriiformes 
  

  

  9 
  Cuculiformes 
  

  

  10 
  Coraciiformes 
  

  

  11 
  Passeriformes 
  

  

  A. 
  o. 
  u. 
  1895 
  

   I 
  (part) 
  Pygopodes 
  

   (less 
  Alcidae) 
  

  

  3 
  Tubinares 
  

  

  4 
  Steganopodes 
  

  

  6 
  Herodiones 
  

  

  5 
  Anseres 
  

  

  11 
  (part) 
  Raptores 
  

   (less 
  Striges) 
  

  

  9 
  Gallinae 
  

  

  7 
  Paludicolae 
  

  

  1 
  (part) 
  Alcidae 
  

  

  2 
  Longipennes 
  

  

  8 
  Limicolae 
  

  

  10 
  Columbae 
  

  

  12 
  Psittaci 
  

  

  13 
  (part) 
  Coccyges 
  

   (less 
  Alcyones) 
  

  

  11 
  (part) 
  Striges 
  

  

  15 
  Macrochires 
  

  

  13 
  (part) 
  Alcyones 
  

  

  14 
  Pici 
  

  

  16 
  Passeres 
  

  

  SHARPE 
  

  

  ( 
  4 
  Podicipedidiformes 
  

   I 
  5 
  Colymbiformes 
  

  

  6 
  Procellariiformes 
  

   13 
  Pelecaniformes 
  

  

  11 
  Ardeiformes 
  

  

  12 
  Anseriformes 
  

  

  j 
  14 
  Cathartidiformes 
  

   (15 
  Accipitriformes 
  

  

  1 
  Galliformes 
  

   f 
  3 
  Ralliformes 
  

   ( 
  10 
  Gruiformes 
  

  

  7 
  Alciformes 
  

  

  8 
  Lariformes 
  

  

  9 
  Charadriiformes 
  

  

  2 
  Columbiformes 
  

   17 
  Psittaciformes 
  

  

  19 
  Coccyges 
  

  

  16 
  Strigifoiines 
  

   i 
  18 
  Coraciiformes 
  

  

  20 
  Piciformes 
  

  

  21 
  Passeriformes 
  

  

  Grebes 
  

  

  Loons 
  

  

  Petrels 
  etc. 
  

  

  Pelicans 
  etc. 
  

  

  Herons 
  

  

  Geese 
  etc. 
  

  

  American 
  vultures 
  

  

  Hawks 
  etc. 
  

  

  Hens 
  etc. 
  

  

  Rails 
  

  

  Cranes 
  

  

  Auks 
  

  

  Gulls 
  

  

  Plovers 
  etc. 
  

  

  Pigeons 
  

  

  Parrots 
  

  

  Cuckoos 
  

  

  Owls 
  

   Kingfishers 
  etc. 
  

  

  Woodpeckers 
  

   Perching 
  birds 
  

  

  