SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 
ORDER XII. VuLTuRES, Hawks, AND Owts. RAPTORES. 
(4 families, 56 species, 33 subspecies. ) 
Generally large birds with hooked bill; strong, heavy feet, and long, 
curved nails ; wings large; tail rather long, usually square. 
TURKEY VULTURE. 
Family 35. AMERICAN VULTURES. CATHARTIDA. 
Bill not strongly hooked; toe-nails comparatively weak; nostrils large, piercing 
the bill; head and more or less of neck, bare. 
RED-TAILED HAWK. 
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