GENERA OF BIRDS. 



CHARACTERS OF THE GEJVERA. 



DIVISION I. LAND BIRDS. 



ORDER I. ACCIPITRINE. 



1. VULTURE - Bill hooked, head bare. 



2. Secretary - - Bill hooked, sides of the head bare, legs very long. 



3. Falcon - - - Bill hooked, base covered with a cere. 



4. Owl - - - - Bill hooked, feathers of the front reversed. 



ORDER II. PIES. 



5. Shrike - - - 

 11. Beef-eater - • 



13. Plantain-eater- 



14. Wattle-Bird ■ 



15. Crota - - - 



16. Roller - - - 



17. Oriole - - - 

 IS. Grakle - - ■ 

 19. Paradise Bird ■ 

 30. Nuthatch - - 



* With Legs made for Walking. 



Bill straitish, emarginated. 



Bill strait, quadrangular. 



Bill stout, elevated at the base, mandibles dentated. 



Bill incurvated, sharp-edged. 



Bill cultrated, feathers of the front reversed. 



Bill cultrated, bent at the tip. 



Bill strait, conic, sharp-pointed. 



Bill cultrated, even, mostly bare at the base. 



Bill sub-cultrated, feathers of the front velvety. 



Bill strait, cuneated at the tip. 



