GENERAL CLASSIFICATION 



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Conirostrate Passeres. 

 Ox-peoker. 

 Glauoopis. 

 Oriole. 

 Caoious. 

 Starling. 



SubuUrostrate Passeres. 

 Mannakin. 

 Titmouse. 



[Conical beaks. H. E.] 

 Crossbill. 

 Grosbeak. 



Colius (mouse-bird), 

 rinch. 

 Bunting. 



[Subulate beaks. H. E.] 

 Lark. 

 Wagtail. 



Planiroslrate Passeres. [Plat-beaked. H. E.] 

 Martin. 

 Swallow. 

 Nightjar. 



Tenuirostrate Passeres. [Slender-billed. H. E.] 

 Kingfisher. Bee- eater. 



Tody. Humming-bird. 



Nuthatch. Creeper. 



Orthorincus. Hoopoe. 



OrDEB 4. COLUMBAE. 



Soft, flexible beak, flattened at the base ; brood of two eggs. 

 Pigeon. 



Obdbb 5. — Gallinacbans. 

 Solid, horny beak, rounded at the base ; brood of more than two eggs. 



Alectride OalUnaceans. [Fowl-Uke. H. E.] 



Obdbb 6. — Waders. 

 Tarsus very long, and denuded of feathers as far as the leg; external 

 digits united at their base {waterside birds). 



Pressirostrate Waders. [Narrow-beaked. H. E.] 



Jacana. 



Rail. 



Oyster-catcher. 



, Cultrirostraie Waders. 



Bittern. 

 Heron. 

 Stork. 



Moorhen. 

 Coot. 



[Cutting-beaked. H. E.] 

 Crane. 

 Mycteria. 

 Tantalus. 



