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CONTENTS AND CLASSIFICATION.

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2. CHAPTER I.—Introductory ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. FIRST ORDER—Raptores : or Birds of Prey.

4. Family, Vulturidæ.

5. CHAPTER II.—The Vultures ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. Family, Falconidce.

7. CHAPTER III.—The Kites, Buzzards, and Harriers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. CHAPTER IV.—The Hawks, Falcons, and Eagles ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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9. Family, Strigidæ.

10. CHAPTER V.—The Owls ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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11. SECOND ORDER—Insessores : or Perching Birds

12. Tribe, Fissirostres.

13. CHAPTER VI.—The Swallows and Swfts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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14. CHAPTER VII.—The Nightjars, Bee-Eaters, and Kingfishers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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15. Tribe, Scansores.

16. CHAPTER VIII.—The Parrots ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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17. CHAPTER IX.—The Cuckoos ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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18. CHAPTER X.—The Woodepecker and the Coppersmith. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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19. Tribe, Tenuirostres.

20. CHAPTER XI.—The Sunbrids and the Hoopoe ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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21. Tribe, Dentirostres.

22. CHAPTER XII.—The Shrikes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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23. CHAPTER XIII.—The Flycatchers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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24. CHAPTER XI V.—The Rock Thrush and the Babblers. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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25. CHAPTER XV.—The Bulbuls ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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26. CHAPTER XVI.—The Orioles ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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