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The Snowy Owl {Nyctea nived), Arctic regions. 
The Barn Owl {Strix flammea var. americand), United 
States. 
The Javan Fish Owl i^Ketupa javanensis), Java. 
The Turkey Buzzard {^Cathartes aurd), America. 
The Black Vulture {Cathartes atratus), Southern United 
States. 
The Caracara Buzzard {Polyborus tharus var. auduboni), 
Southern United States. 
The Red-tailed Buzzard (JButeo borealis), North America. 
The Red-shouldered Buzzard {Buteo lineaius), North 
America. 
The Rough-legged Buzzard {Archibuteo lagopus var. 
sancti-johannis), North America. 
The Sparrow Hawk i^Falco sparverius), North America. 
Lanier’s Falcon {Fa/eo lanarius var. polyagrus), Western 
United States. 
The Pigeon Hawk {Accipiter fuscus), North America. 
Cooper’s Hawk {Accipiter cooperi), North America. 
The Brahminy Kite {^Haliastur interniedius), India. 
The Golden Eagle (Aquila chryscetos), North America. 
The Bald Eagle {Haliatus leucocephalus), North America. 
All the above belong to the order Raptores, or birds of 
prey, consisting of the Owls or nocturnal birds of prey 
{Strigidd) ; the Eagles, Hawks, &c. , or diurnal birds of 
prey {Falconidd) •, and the Vultures {Cathartidd). 
The Owls are a large family, mainly of nocturnal habits, 
their eyes being adapted in structure to see in the dark, and 
the soft, downy plumage with which they are generally 
clothed enabling them to steal with noiseless flight upon 
the small birds, mammals, and reptiles which form their food. 
They range generally throughout the world, differing some- 
what in habit, but mostly in size. 
The American Barn Owl is one of the most curious of the 
group. It abounds in the Southern States, and is frequently 
found as far north as New Jersey. 
The large White or Snowy Owl is common to the more 
northern parts of both hemispheres. It moves somewhat 
south in winter, rarely getting below the latitude of New York. 
The coloration of the Owls is generally indistinct, owing to 
the downy nature of their plumage, and is subject to an infinite 
amount of variation. 
