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CHARACTERS of BIRDS. 
I. ACCIPITRES. Upper mandible with an angidfif' 
projebiion. 
I. VULTUR. 
Bill hooked ; he.ad naked. 
2. Falco. 
Bill hooked, covered at the bafe with’ a cere. 
3. Strix. 
Bill hooked, with a frontlet of covered briflles.- 
4. Lanins. 
Bill llrajghtifli, notched. 
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PICJE. Bill comprejfcd, convex. 
A. Feet formed jor perching. 
30. Trochilus. 
Bill bent down, filiform, tubular at the point. 
29- Ccrthia. 
Bill bent down, fliarp-poirjtcd. 
28. Upupa. 
Bill bent down, fomewhat obtufe. 
12. Glaucopis. 
Bill bent down, arched: tongue ferrate, fringed. 
10, Buphaga. 
Bill ftraight, quadrangular. 
23. 
Bill ftraight, wedged at the tip. 
15. Oriolus. 
Bill ftraight, conic, very ftiarp-pointed. 
14. Coracias. 
Bill lharp-edged, the point bent down. 
16. Gracula. 
Bill (harp-edged, equal, naked at the bafe. 
13. Corvus, 
Bill ftiarp-edged ; frontlet reverfed. 
17. Pardifea, 
Bill fomewhat lharp-edged ; frontlet velvctv. 
B. Feet formed for climbing. 
6. Rhamphajias. Bill ferrate; tongue feathered. 
18. ‘Trogon. 
Bill ferrate, hooked at the point. 
8. Scythrops. 
Bill fliarp-edged, grooved; tongue fplit. 
5. PJittacus. 
Bill hooked, upper mandible moveable; tongV^ 
flelhy. 
jr. Crotophaga. 
Bill wrinkled, angular at the edges, •> 
26. Galbula. 
Bill quadrangular, very lharp-pointed. 
22. Pieus. 
Bill angular ; tongue worm-fhaped. \ • 
21. 
Bill fmooth ; tongue w'orm-lhaped. 
20. Cticulus. 
Bill fmooth ; noftrils furrounded with a rim. 
19. Bucco. 
Bill fmooth ; notched, hooked, 
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