ORNITHOLOGY. 



CONTENTS. 



LESSON I. 



Class of Birds. — Zoological characters of Birds. — Peculiarities of organi- 

 zation. 



LESSON II. 



Eggs. — Incubation. — Nests. — Migration. — Classification. 



LESSON III. 



Order of Accipitres. — Zoological characters. — Habits. — Division into two 

 families. 



Family of Diurnae. — Zoological characters and habits of Vultures, (Yellow 

 Vulture, King of the Vultures, Condor, Percnopterus of Egypt). — Grif- 

 fins. — Genus of Falcons — Division into two groups, noble and igno- 

 ble. — Falconry, (Common Falcon). — Eagles. — Fisher-Eagles. — Spar- 

 row-hawks. — Kites. — Buzzards. — Harriers. — Characters and habits. 



Family of Nocturnes. — Characters and habits. — (Owls. — Strix. — Due). 



LESSON IV. 



Order of Passerinse. — Zoological characters. — Habits. — Division into five 



families. 

 Family of Dentirostres. — Shrikes, Flycatchers, Cotingas, Blackbirds, 



Thrushes, Water-thrushes, Orioles, Lyres, Warblers, (such as the 



Nightingale, Linnet^', and Wrens.) 

 Family of Fissirostres, (Swallows). — Habits. — (Swallow, properly so called, 



Martin). — Goatsuckers — Habits. 

 Family of Conirostres. — Larks. — Titmouse. — Buntings, — Sparrows. — Crows, 



(Crow properly so called, Jackdaw, Magpie, Jay). — Birds of Paradise. 



LESSON V. 



Family of Tenuirostres. — Nuthatches Creepers. — Humming-birds. 



Family of Syndactylse. — Bee-eaters. — Kingfishers. — Hornbills. 



Order of Scansorise. — Zoological characters. — Woodpeckers. — Wrynecks. — 



Cuckoos.— Toucans.— Parrots.— Habits, (Maccaw, Paroquets, Parrots 



properly so called.) 



