SYNOPSIS OF BIRD FAMILIES. 



Family Falconidae : Hawks, Eagles, etc. Page 215. 

 8 Species. 



Diurnal Birds of Prey, with mottled and streaked plumage, 

 no horns or eye disks ; of graceful build, and dashing, rapid 

 flight. The family includes the Osprey and the American 

 Eagle. 



ORDER COLUMB-Si: PIGEONS. 



Family Columbidee : Doves and Pigeons. Page 225. 



2 Species. 



Wood Doves, with delicately-shaded, and often glossy plu- 

 mage, small heads and full breasts, long, pointed wings, 

 and soft, cooing voices. Often seen feeding on the ground 

 like the domestic Pigeon. 



ORDER GALLING: GALLINACEOUS BIRDS (Birds 

 scratching on the ground like barnyard fowls) . 



Family Tetraonidse : Grouse, Partridges. Page 227. 



2 Species. 



Comprising our two most familiar Game-birds, the Ruffed 

 Grouse (Partridge) and the Quail, birds with mottled feathers 

 of varied browns, the Partridge having feathered legs. The 

 female rears the young, who leave the nest when hatched, 

 following her as a brood, after the manner of chickens. 



ORDER LIMICOL-ffi: SHORE-BIRDS (Waders). 



Family Aphrizidse : Turnstones. Page 231. 



1 Species. 



Small Shore-birds (8 inches long) with pied plumage, seen 



turning over stones on rocky beaches, in search of marine 



insects, etc. 



Family Charadriidae : Plovers (Popular Game-birds). Page 232. 

 6 Species. 



A large and important family of Shore-birds, frequenting 

 both fresh and salt water. They have Pigeon-like bills 



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