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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
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
Order Steganopodes
Order Odontoglosse
Order Herodiones
Order Columbe
Ornith
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