SUBORDER OF HALCYON BIRDS SUBORDER HALCY’ONES

Which have their front toes grown together so that they cannot walk on
them.

    21.  FAMILY OF KINGFISHERS FAMILY ALCEDIN’IDAE

      67.  Belted Kingfisher Ceryle al’cyon.

    SUBORDER OF CUCULINE BIRDS SUBORDER CU’CULI

    Which have two toes in front and two behind, but
    which cannot climb like Woodpeckers.

    22.  FAMILY OF CUCKOOS FAMILY CUCU’LIDAE

      68.  Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccy’zus america’nus.

  III.  ORDER OF PARROTS ORDER PSIT’TACI

Which have two toes in front and two behind, and beaks hooked like those of birds of prey.  But this place is vacant in the procession, because cruel men have almost exterminated the only kind of Parrot that lives in North America—­so he was afraid to fall in line with the rest.

  IV.  ORDER OF BIRDS OF PREY ORDER RAPTO’RES

Which have strong hooked beaks and claws, to catch and kill their living
prey, and some of which are cannibal birds.

SUBORDER OF DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY SUBORDER ACCIP’ITRES

Which can see well to take their prey by day.

23.  FAMILY OF HAWKS AND EAGLES FAMILY FALCON’IDAE

69.  Osprey Pandi’on haliak’tus
carolinen’sis.
70.  Bald Eagle Haliak’tus leucoceph’alus.
71.  Golden Eagle Aq’uila chrysak’tus.
72.  Red-shouldered Hawk Bu’teo linea’tus.
73.  Marsh Hawk Cir’cus hudson’ius.
74.  Sharp-shinned Hawk Accip’iter ve’lox.
75.  Sparrow Hawk Fal’co sparve’rius.

SUBORDER OF NOCTURNAL BIRDS OF PREY SUBORDER STRI’GES

    Which cannot see well in daylight, and mostly take their prey by night.

    24.  FAMILY OF OWLS FAMILY STRIG’IDAE

76.  Screech Owl Meg’ascops a’sio. 77.  Long-eared Owl A’sio wilsonia’nus. 78.  Great Horned Owl Bubo Virginia’nus. 79.  Snowy Owl Nyc’tea nyc’tea.

  V. ORDER OF BIRDS THAT COO ORDER COLUM’BAE

  Which drink without raising the head at every sip, and feed the young in
  the nest on the contents of the crop.

    25.  FAMILY OF COLUMBINE BIRDS FAMILY COLUM’BIDAE

80.  Passenger Pigeon            Ectopis’tes migrato’rius.
81.  Mourning Dove               Zenaidu’ra macru’ra.

  VI.  ORDER OF BIRDS THAT SCRATCH ORDER GALLI’NAE

  Which when they drink raise the head at every sip, and whose young can
  run about and feed themselves almost as soon as they are hatched.

    26.  FAMILY or PARTRIDGES FAMILY PERDIC’IDAE

      82.  Bob White Coli’nus virginia’nus.