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Tll E LAND BIRDS.

Order X. Gallinaa.i'lirmtr:vs, (lRUl‘sE. Bouqvnrrics. etc. Toes four, the hind one small and elevated above the front ones; hill generally short, Moat.

hard. and hnrnv; wings ratllel‘ short the outer . 7 primari ' em‘ved and mueh stink-110d.

ll. Sim very large . . . Subliunily .l/tleay- /_#>\3

m'ml : TI'IIKEYS, p. 1N5. 7/ , /

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1)‘. Size smaller. . . . Family Jl'tl'afllLeI/(L’Z ’ Gkot'si-J, Bonqvni'rns, etc. (\Fig. :37 r, p. 175. Fla, 27.

Order XI. Columbaa.il’luiaoxs and Dorm. Toes four7 all on the Mllllu level, the hind one about as long as the shortest front one; lrill rather slender. deeply grooved, the nostrils open~ ing in :1 soft. fleshy memhrane or skin. . . . Family (blumbidw: l’iuxuxs and DUYES (Fig. 25). p. 187.

FIG. 29‘

Order XII. RaptoreS.VVl‘li’l‘l'ltl‘lfi. HAWKS, :md ()wrs. 'l‘ot-s four, three in t'ront. the himl one. exeept in the Vultures. generally as long as or longer than the shortest from one; all the toes armed with strong. sharp. eurved nails or tulons; hill with a cere. or t-overing of skin. at its lxzise. through whieh the nostrils open. very stout and strong, the tip of the upper mandible with a sharply pointed hook.

Fin. 30, FIG. 3],

A. [Cy age soft and tlutl)’.

'et in :1>tril<ingliieialdisk: tar>us generally t'eutlnrod; plum