Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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26 species in this part of Handbook of Birds.

Order I

Pygopodes. -GREBES, LOONS, and Auks. Ducklike birds with generally sharply pointed bills; feet webbed, placed far back near the tail…

Order II

Longipennes. - JAEGERS, GULLS, and TERNS. Birds with sharply pointed and frequently hooked or hawklike bills; toes four (except in one…

Order III

Tubinares. - ALBATROSSES, PETRELS, and FULMARS. b 3 Bill hawklike, the tip of the upper mandible generally much enlarged; nostrils opening…

Order IV

Steganopodes. -GANNETS, CORMORANTS, PELICANS (Fig. 10), etc. All the toes, including the hind one, connected by webs. A. Bill generally…

Order V

Anseres. - DUCKS, GEESE, and SWANS. Toes four, the front ones fully webbed; tarsus not strikingly fiattened as in the Grebes; tail always…

Order VI

Odontoglossæ. FLAMINGOES. Large red or reddish birds; bill with toothlike ridges as in some Ducks, the end half bent down- 14 1 ward…

Order VII

Herodiones. - HERONS, STORKS, IBISES, etc. Toes four, all on the same level, slightly or not at all webbed; lores bare; legs and neck…

Order VIII

Paludicole. - CRANES, RAILS, etc. Toes four; middle toe without a comb, generally not webbed; hind toe generally small, higher than the…

Order IX

Limicolæ. - PHALAROPES, SNIPES, PLOVERS, etc. Toes four, or (Plovers) three; the hind toe, when present, less than half the length of the…

Order X

Gallinæ. - TURKEYS, GROUSE, BOB-WHITES, etc. Toes four, the hind one small and elevated above the front ones; bill generally short, stout…

Order XI

Columbæ. - PIGEONS and DOVES. FIG. 27.

Order XII

Raptores.-VULTURES, HAWKS, and OWLS. Toes four, three in front, the hind one, except in the Vultures, generally as long as or longer than…

Order XIII

Psittaci. - PARROTS, PAROQUETS, etc. Toes four, two in front and two behind; bill with a cere.

Order XIV

Coccyges. -Cuckoos and KINGFISHERS. Toes four, the middle and outer ones joined for half their length (Kingfishers), or two in front and…

Order XV

Pici. - WOODPECKERS. Toes four, two in front and two behind, or toes three, two in front and one behind; bill strong; tail-feathers stiff…

Order XVI

Macrochires. - GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, and HUMMINGBIRDS. Feet very small and weak; bill short and small and mouth large, or bill long and…

Order XVII

Passeres. - Perching Birds: FLYCATCH- ERS, BLACKBIRDS, JAYS, ORIOLES, SPARROWS, FINCHES, SWALLOWS, VIREOS, WARBLERS, WRENS, THRUSHES, etc…

Order Steganopodes

TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS. FAMILY PHAËTHONTIDE. TROPIC BIRDS.

Order Odontoglosse

LAMELLIROSTRAL GRALLATORES. FAMILY PHENICOPTERIDE.

Order Herodiones

HERONS, STORKS, IBISES, ETC. FAMILY PLATALEIDE.

Order Columbe

PIGEONS AND DOVES. FAMILY COLUMBIDE.

Ornith

Club, vol. vii, 1882, p. 237), is a low, liquid note that resembles the sound produced by water slowly dropping from a height" (Fisher)…

Order Pici

WOODPECKERS, WRYNECKS, ETC. FAMILY PICIDE.

Order Macrochires

GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS, ETC. FAMILY CAPRIMULGIDÆ. NIGHTHAWKS, WHIP-POOR-WILLS, ETC.

Olive-backed Thrush

From the latter it may be known by the comparative absence of buff on the breast and sides of the throat, by its whitish eye-ring and…

Order Pygopodes – Order Passeres

DIVING BIRDS. LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS.

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