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various Orders of birds may as well refrain from For the purpose of making the contents of each 



attempting to know our feathered friends; for Order familiar to the reader, representatives of 



that knowledge is quite as necessary as founda- the most important Families it contains will 



tion-stones are to a tall building. The names of be mentioned, and illustrated by the presenta- 



the Orders must he learned, and remembered! tion of at least one species. 



THE ORDERS OF LIVING BIRDS. 



ORDER. PHONUNCIATION. ^'^^'^I^lUdTd '^^''^ EXAMPLES. 



Passeees Pas'se-rez Perching-Birds Robin, Warbler and Jay. 



( Goatsuckers, Swifts ) 



Macrochires .... Mac-ro-chi'rez ■{ and Humming- y Nighthawk, Swift, Ruby-Throat. 



( Birds ) 



Psittaci Sit'ta-si Parrots and Macaws. . . Carolina Parakeet, Macaw. 



Pici Pi' si Woodpeckers Golden- Winged Woodpecker. 



Coccyges Coc'si-gez j ^Ug^koos and King- j ^^^^^ Kingfisher, Cuckoo. 



Raptores Rap-to'rez .Birds of Prey Eagle, Owl and Vulture. 



COLTJMBAB Co-lum'be Pigeons and Doves. . . .Band-Tailed Pigeon, Mourning-Dove. 



Gallinab Gal-li'ne Scratching-Birds Quail, Grouse, Wild-Turkey. 



LiMicoLAE Li-mic'o-le Shore-Birds Plover, Woodcock, Snipe. 



Paludicolae . . . .Pal-u-dik'o-le Cranes and Rails Whooping Crane, Virginia Rail. 



Hehodiones Her-o-de-o'nez Herons and Egrets . . . .Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret. 



Odontoglossae. .0-dori-to-glos'se Flamingoes American Flamingo. 



^^^^^^^ ^"'-- j 'tdgTBilt'^.°."': } Mallard, Canada Goose, Swan. 



SxBGANOPODES . . .Steg-c.nop'o-dez . . . { ^^l^^""^ «-- [ Pelican, Darter, Cormorant. 

 Tubinares Tu-bi-na'rez | ^^^ ' ^osed Swim- ) j^^^^^ 



LoNGiPENNES . . . .Lon.gi.pen'nez.. . . j ^^^J'^'^^'^^^^'^- \ Gull and Tern. 



Pygopodes Py-gop'o-dez Diving-Birds Loon, Grebe, Auk, Murre. 



Impennes Im-pen'-ez Flightless Divers Penguin. 



^^™^^ -^^-'^'^e Flightless Runners . . . .Ostrich, Cassowary. 



