CONTENTS AND CLASSIFICATION.
PAGE - CHAPTER I.—Introductory................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
i FIRST ORDER—Raptores : or Birds of Prey. Family, Vulturidæ. - CHAPTER II.—The Vultures................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
9 Family, Falconidce. - CHAPTER III.—The Kites, Buzzards, and Harriers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
15 - CHAPTER IV.—The Hawks, Falcons, and Eagles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
21 Family, Strigidæ. - CHAPTER V.—The Owls................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
29 SECOND ORDER—Insessores : or Perching Birds Tribe, Fissirostres. - CHAPTER VI.—The Swallows and Swfts................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35 - CHAPTER VII.—The Nightjars, Bee-Eaters, and Kingfishers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42 Tribe, Scansores. - CHAPTER VIII.—The Parrots................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
49 - CHAPTER IX.—The Cuckoos................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
53 - CHAPTER X.—The Woodepecker and the Coppersmith.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
57 Tribe, Tenuirostres. - CHAPTER XI.—The Sunbrids and the Hoopoe................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
62 Tribe, Dentirostres. - CHAPTER XII.—The Shrikes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
70 - CHAPTER XIII.—The Flycatchers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
76 - CHAPTER XI V.—The Rock Thrush and the Babblers.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
80 - CHAPTER XV.—The Bulbuls................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
87 - CHAPTER XVI.—The Orioles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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