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Sec. lO. — Pelicans, gannets, cormorants and snake-birds or 
darters. 
Sec. 1 1. — A good example of the hoatzin, the only known rep- 
resentative of the order Opisthoco7ni, For several days after 
hatching, the young of this bird presents some characters more 
like a mammal than a bird, namely, the fore-limb is provided with 
toes and claws, which, however, are modified later and the fore- 
limb becomes normal. This section also contains quail, grouse 
and partridge. 
Secs. 12, 13, 14 and 15.— Ptarmigans, guinea-fowls, 
pheasants, peacocks, turkeys, curassows, etc. 
Sec. 16. — The pigeons. 
Secs. 17 and 18. — Vultures, eagles, hawks and owls. 
Secs. 19 and 20. — The parrots, parokeets and cockatoos. 
Sec. 21. — The plantain-eaters and cuckoos. 
Sec. 22. — Cuckoos, podargi, night-hawks, goat-suckers, roll- 
ers, etc. 
Sec. 23. — The bee-eaters, motmots and kingfishers. 
Sec. 24. — The hornbills. 
Sec. 25. — The hoopoes, puff-birds, jacamars, toucans, bar- 
bets and woodpeckers. 
Sec. 26. — The trogons, humming-birds and swifts, also the 
lyre-birds of Australia. 
Sec. 27. — The broadbills, pittas, tyrant fly-catchers and 
cotingas. 
Sec. 28. — Ant-thrushes, woodhewers, larks, wagtails and 
babblers. 
Sec. 29. — The Old World or true fly-catchers, the thrushes, 
swallows, cuckoo-shrikes and drongo-shrikes. 
Sec. 30.— The waxwings, wood-swallows, shrikes, tits and 
nuthatches and the true orioles, a group not native to America. 
Secs. 31, 32 and 33. — The bower birds of Australia, the 
long-billed and the typical birds of Paradise. Fifty specimens 
and twenty-five species give a good idea of the incomparable 
beauty of this group of birds. 
Sec. 34. — The crows, jays and magpies. 
Sec. 35. — The Old World starlings, the honey-birds and 
sun-birds, the latter of which are often referred to as the hum- 
ming-birds of the Old World, then the creepers and honey-creep- 
ers and wood-warblers. 
