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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.