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DIV. I.— VERTEBRATA. 
ORDER I.— -Accipitres ( continued ). 
Genus. 
II. Falco, L. 
( continued ) . 
III. Strix, L 
Sub genus. 
Cymindis, Cuv . . . 
Astur, Bechstein 
Nisus, Cuv 
Milvus, Bechstein . . 
Pernis, Cuv. . 
Buteo, Bechstein 
Circus, Bechstein 
Serpentarius, Cuv 
Otus, Cuv . . . . 
2. Ulula, Cuv , 
5. Strix, 
Sa 
prop 
vigny 
L. Syrnium, Savigny . . 
>. Bubo, Cuv . .... 
>. Noctua, Savigny 
J. Scops, Savigny . 
Example of Species. 
Falco Cayennensis, Gm. Small 
Cayenne eagle 
Falco palumbarius,L. Goshawk 
Falco nisus, L. Sparrow-hawk 
Falco milvus, L. Common kite 
Falco apivorus, L. Common 
honey-buzzard 
Falco buteo, L. Common buz- 
zard 
Falco cyaneus, Gm. Hen-har- 
rier 
Falco serpentarius, Gm. Snake - 
eater , or Secretary 
Str. otus, L. Common long- 
eared owl 
Str. laponica, Gm. Great gray 
howler * 
Str. flammea, L. Common white 
or barn owl 
Str. stridula, L. the wood-owl 
Str. bubo, L. Great horned owl 
Str. surnia, Dum. Hawk-owl 
Str.leucotis, Tern. White-eared 
owl 
ORDER II. — Passeres. 
This order is not clearly defined, nor does it appear very well 
divided. As to the former, it seems to contain every bird that does 
not belong to any other of the orders ; as to the latter, Cuvier ap- 
pears to have done whatever was possible, under the present state 
of knowledge, by using for his primary divisions the nature of the 
feet, and for his secondary, or division into families, the peculiarities 
of the bill. As respects the feet, they are divided into those .which 
have the external toe united to the internal only as far as the first or 
second phalanx, and those called Syndactyles, in which the Union 
extends to all but the last articulation. The first of these divisions 
is by far the most numerous, and contains the families Dentirostres, 
Fissirostres, Conirostres, and Tenuirostres, with their several genera 
and subgenera, as underneath : the second forms but one family, 
containing six genera. 
