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CONTENTS. 



CHAP. II. 



On the Nomenclature and Description of Birds Page 228 



CHAP. III. 



On collecting, preserving, and arranging Birds - 247 



PART III. 



ON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND RELATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT 

 ORDERS, TRIBES, AND FAMILIES OF BIRDS. 



CHAP. I. . 



On the Raptorial Order, or Birds of Prey - - .279 



CHAP. II 



General Remarks on the Insessorial or Peiching Order. — Primary Divi- 

 sions. — Characters and Analogies of the Dentirostral Tribe . 336 



