OF ORNITHOLOGY 161 



Sub-family a Crotophaginae, Anis 80 



b Saurotherinae, Ground Cuckoos 80 



c Coccyginae, True Cuckoos 80 



Family 26 Picidae, The Woodpeckers 81 



27 Psittacidae, The Parrots 82 



28 Aluconidae, The Barn Owls 83 



29 Strigidae, Owls in general 84 



Sub-family a Buboninae, Horned Owls 85 



b Syrninae, Gray Owls 85 



c Atheninae, Bird Owls 86 



d Nycteininae, Day Owls 86 



Family 30 Falconidae, The Falcons, Hawks, and Eagles 86 



Sub-family a Circinae, Harriers 87 



b Milvinae, Kites..., .■ 88 



c Accipitrinae, True Hawks 88 



d Falconinae, True Falcons 89 



e Polyborinae, Caracara Eagles 90 



f Buteoninae, Buzzard Hawks 91 



g Aguilinae, Eagles 92 



Family 31 Pandionidae, The Ospreys 92 



32 Cathartidae, The Vultures 93 



33 Columbid&e, The Pigeons 94 



• Sub-family a Columbinae, True Pigeons 94 



b Zenaidinae, True or Ground Doves 94 



c Starnoenidinae 95 



Family 34 Cracidae, The Curassow or Guan 95 



35 Meleqgridae, The Wild Turkeys 96 



36 Tetraonidae, The Partridge, Grouse, and Quail 96 



Sub-family a Tetraoninae, Grouse 97 



b Odontophorinae, Quail 97 



II. WATER BIRDS 98 



Family 37 Charadriidae, The Plovers 100 



38 Hoematopodidae, The Oyster-catchers and Turnstones 101 



Sub-family a Haematopodinae, Oyster-catchers..... 102 



b Strepsilainae, Turnstones 102 



Family 39 Recurvirostridae, The Avocets and Stilts 102 



40 Phalaropodidae, The Phalaropes 103 



41 Scolopacidae, The Snipes and Sandpipers 103 



42 Ibididae, The True Ibises 109 



43 Plataleidae, The Spoonbills 110 



44 Ciconiidae, The Storks 110 



Sub-family a Tantalinae, Wood Ibises 110 



b Ciconiinae, True Storks 110 



Family 45 Ardeidae, The Herons 110 



Sub-family a Ardeinae, True Berons Ill 



