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ORNITHOLOG Y. 



Birds of families : Leiotrichana?, Silky Chatterers ? Vireoninae, 

 Europe. Greenlets and Thick-heads; Bombycillina;, Swallow-chat- 

 ^ "~v~~"' terers ; Ampelinae, Typical Chatterers ; Piprinae, Ma- 

 nakins. 



Family Muscicapid^e. Fly-catchers. — Sub-families : 

 Querulinac ; Psarianae, Black-caps ; Fluvicolinae, Water- 

 chats ; Muscicapinae, Fly-catchers ; Eurylaiminae, Broad- 

 bills. 



Tribe II. — Conirostres. 



Family Corvidte. Crows. — Sub-families : Corvinae, 

 Typical Crows ; Garrulinae, Jays ; Glaucopinae, Wattle- 

 crows ; Coracinae, Fruit-crows ; Frigilinae. 



Family Sturnid^:. Starlings. — Sub-families: Sturninae, 

 Typical Starlings; Lamprotorninae, Grakles; Scaphidurinae, 

 Boat-tails ; Icterinae, Hang-nests ; Aglainse, Maizers. 



Family Fringillidje. Finches Sub-families : Coc- 



cothraustinae, Hard-bills ; Tanagrinae, Tanagers ; Fringil- 

 linae, Ground-finches ; Alaudinae, Larks ; Pyrrhulinae, 

 Bullfinches. 



Family MusophagidjE. Plantain-eaters. — Sub-fami- 

 lies : Phitotominae, Plant-cutters ; Colinac, Colies ; Muso- 

 phaginae, Plantain-eaters. 



Family BucERiDiE. Genus Buceros. 



Tribe III. — Scansores. 



Family Ramphastidje. Toucans. 



Family Psittacid.e. Parrots. — Sub-families : Macro- 

 circinae, Maccaws ; Psittacinaa, Parrots ; Plyctolophinae, 

 Cockatoos ; Lorianae, Lories ; Platycircinae, Loriets. 



Family Picid^:. Woodpeckers Sub-families : Pi- 



cianae, True Woodpeckers ; Buccoinae, Barbuts. 



Family CerthiadjE. Creepers. — Sub-families : Cer- 

 thianae, True Creepers ; Anabatinae, Tree-runners ; Sit- 

 tinae, Nut-hatchers ; Troglodytinae, Wrens ; Buphaginae, 

 Ox-peckers. 



Family Cuculidje. Cuckoos Sub-families : Cucu- 



linae, Parasitic Cuckoos ; Coccyzinas, Hook-billed Cuckoos; 

 Leptostominae, Long-billed Cuckoos ; Indicatorinae, Ho- 

 ney-guides. 



Tribe IV. — Tenuirosires. Suctorial Birds. 



Family Melifhagid2e. Honey-suckers. 

 Family Cinnyrid^;. Sun-birds. 

 Family Trociiilid^;. Humming birds. 

 Family PromeropiD/E. .Hoopoes. 

 Family Paradisiadye. Paradise Birds. 



Tribe V. — Fissirostres. Fissirostral Birds. 



Family Meropid;e. Bee-eaters. 

 Family Halcyonid^e. King-fishers. 

 Family Trogonid.s. Trogons. 

 Family CaprimulgidjE. Night-jars. 

 Family Hirundinidje. Swallows. 



Order III. — Rasores. Rasorial Birds. 



Family PavonidjE. Peacocks and Pheasants. 

 Family TetraonidjE. Partridges and Grouse. 

 Family Struthionid^;. Ostriches. 

 Family Columbid^s. Pigeons. — Sub-family : Colum- 

 bines. 



Family Megapodiad.e. Great-foots. 



Order IV Grallatores. Waders. 



Family Ardeadje. Herons and Cranes. 



Family TantalidjE. Ibis. 



Family Rallid.e. Rails. 



Family Scolopacid^:. Sand-pipers and Snipes. 



Family Charadriad/e. Plovers. 



Order V. — Natatores. Swimmers. 



Family Anatid^e. Ducks. — Sub-families : Phaenicop- 

 tinae, Flamingoes ; Anserinae, Geese and Swans ; Anatinae, 

 River-ducks ; Fuligulinae, Sea-ducks ; Merganinae, Mer- 

 gansers. 



Family Colymbid^e. Grebes and Divers. 



Family Alcad^e. Auks. 



Family Pelecanid.se. Pelicans. 



Family Larid^e. 1 Gulls. 



Birds of 

 Europe. 



ENUMERATION OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE. 2 



Order I. — Raptores. 



Vultur fulvus, Linn. 

 V. cinereus, Linn. 

 Neophron percnopterus, Sav 

 Gypaetus barbatus, Storr. 

 Aquila imperialis, Briss. 

 A. chrysaeta, Briss. 

 A. Bonelli. 

 A. naevia, Meyer. 

 A. pennata, Steph. 

 Haliaeetus albicilla, Selby. 

 H. leucocephalus, )_ 



Sav. J 



Pandion haliaeetus, Sav. 

 Circaetus brachydactvlus, "j 



Vieill. ' j" 



Griffon Vulture. 

 Cinereous Vulture. 

 Egyptian Neophron. 

 Lammer-geyer. 

 Imperial Eagle. 

 Golden Eagle. 

 Bonelli's Eagle. 

 Spotted Eagle. 

 Booted Eagle. 

 Sea-Eagle. 



White-headed Eagle. 



Osprey. 



Short-toed Eagle. 



Buteo vulgaris, Bechst. 

 B. lagopus, Flem. 

 Pernis apivorus, Cuv. 

 Astur palumbarius, Bechst. 

 Falco islandicus, Lath. 

 F. lanarius, Linn. 

 Falco peregrinus, Linn. 

 F. subbuteo, Linn. 

 F. rufipes, Bechst. 

 F. oesalon, Temm. 

 F. concolor, Temm. 

 F. tinnunculus, Linn. 

 F. tinnunculoides, Natt. 

 Milvus vulgaris, Flem. 

 M. ater. 



Nauclerus furcatus, Vig. 

 Elanus melanopterus, Leach. 



Common Buzzard. 



Rough-legged Buzzard. 



Honey Buzzard. 



Goshawk. 



Jer-Falcon. 



Lanner Falcon. 



Peregrine Falcon. 



Hobby. 



Red-footed Falcon. 



Merlin. 



Lead-coloured Falcon. 



Kestril. 



Lesser Kestril. 



Kite. 



Black Kite. 



Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Black-tailed Kite. 



This and the preceding family are placed as sub-families in Mr Swainson's synopsis, — we presume, by an oversight in typogra- 

 phical correction. A similar inadvertency occurs among the tenuirostral tribe. 



s From Mr Gould's Birds of Europe, recently completed in five volumes royal folio, 1837. According to the author of this sump- 

 tuous work, the number of European birds may now be stated to amount to 462 species, of which 310 may be regarded as British. 

 Of the latter, about 170 are permanent residents in our island, eighty-five are summer birds of passage, which visit us from the south, 

 and forty-five are winter birds of passage, which visit us from the north. This seems to leave ten species unaccounted for : these 

 may probably be regarded as accidental stragglers. We may add, that Mr Doubleday, in his Nomenclature of British Birds (1836), 

 states the total number of species actually killed or captured in Britain as amounting to 323, of which the Raptoies are thirty, the In- 

 scssores 117, the liasores seventeen, the Grallatores sixty -six, and the Natatores ninety-three. 



