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Order GALLIN?. Gallinaceous Birds
Family ODONTOPHORID?. Bob-whites, Quails, etc.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
289 Bob-white Colinus virginia.n.u.s virginia.n.u.s 115 289_a_ Florida Bob-white " " florida.n.u.s 115 289_b_ Texas Bob-white " " texa.n.u.s 115 291 Masked Bob-white " ridgwayi 115 292 Mountain Quail Oreortyx picta picta 116 292_a_ Plumed Quail " " plumifera 116 292_b_ San Pedro Quail " " confinis 116 293 Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata squamata 116 293_a_ Chestnut-bellied Scaled Quail " " castanogastris 116 294 California Quail Lophortyx californica californica 116 294_a_ Valley Quail " " vallicola 116 295 Gambel's Quail " gambeli 116 296 Mearns's Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi 115
Family TETRAONID?. Grouse, Partridges, etc.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
297 Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus obscurus 117 297_a_ Sooty Grouse " " fuliginosus 117 297_b_ Richardson's Grouse " " richardsoni 117 297_c_ Sierra Grouse " " sierrae 295 298 Hudsonian Spruce Partridge Canachites canadensis canadensis 117 298_b_ Alaska Spruce Partridge " " osgoodi 117 298_c_ Canada Spruce Partridge " " canace 117 299 Franklin's Grouse " franklini 117 300 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus umbellus 118 300_a_ Canada Ruffed Grouse " " togata 118 300_b_ Gray Ruffed Grouse " " umbelloides 118 300_c_ Oregon Ruffed Grouse " " sabini 118 301 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus lagopus 119 301_a_ Allen's Ptarmigan " " alleni 119 301_b_ Alexander's Ptarmigan " " alexandrae 295 301_c_ Ungava Ptarmigan " " ungavus 295 302 Rock Ptarmigan " rupestris rupestris 119 302_a_ Reinhardt's Ptarmigan " " reinhardi 119 302_b_ Nelson's Ptarmigan " " nelsoni 119 302_c_ Turner's Ptarmigan " " atkhensis 120 302_d_ Townsend's Ptarmigan " " townsendi 120 302_e_ Adak Ptarmigan " " chamberlaini 296 302_f_ Dixon's Ptarmigan " " dixoni 296 302.1 Evermann's Ptarmigan " evermanni 120 303 Welch's Ptarmigan " welchi 120 304 White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucurus leucurus 118 304_a_ Kenai White-tailed Ptarmigan " " peninsularis 118 305 Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus america.n.u.s america.n.u.s 121 305_a_ Att.w.a.ter's Prairie Chicken " " att.w.a.teri 121 306 Heath Hen " cupido 121 307 Lesser Prairie Chicken " pallidicinctus 121 308 Sharp-tailed Grouse Pedi?cetes phasianellus phasianellus 121 308_a_ Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Pedi?cetes phasianellus columbia.n.u.s 121 308_b_ Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse " " campestris 121 309 Sage Hen Centrocercus urophasia.n.u.s 122
Family MELEAGRID?. Turkeys.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
310 Merriam's Turkey Meleagris gallopavo merriami 122 310_a_ Wild Turkey " " silvestris 122 310_b_ Florida Turkey " " osceola 122 310_c_ Rio Grande Turkey " " intermedia 122
Family CRACID?. Cura.s.sows and Guans.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
311 Chachalaca Ortalis vetula mccalli 122
Order COLUMB?. Pigeons
Family COLUMBID?. Pigeons.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
312 Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata fasciata 124 312_a_ Viosca's Pigeon " " vioscae 124 313 Red-billed Pigeon " flavirostris 124 314 White-crowned Pigeon " leucocephala 124 [314.1] Scaled Pigeon " squamosa A.V.
315 Pa.s.senger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius 125 316 Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura carolinensis 125 316_i_ Western Mourning Dove " " marginella 296 317 Zenaida Dove Zenaida zenaida 125 318 White-fronted Dove Leptotila fulviventris brachyptera 125 319 West Indian White-winged Dove Melopelia asiatica asiatica 126 319_a_ White-winged Dove " " trudeaui 296 320 Ground Dove Chaemepelia pa.s.serina terrestris 126 320_a_ Mexican Ground Dove " " pallescens 126 320_b_ Bermuda Ground Dove " " bermudiana 126 321 Inca Dove Scardafella inca 126 [322] Key West Quail-dove Geotrygon chrysia 126 [322.1] Ruddy Quail-dove " montana 126 [323] Blue-headed Quail-dove Starn?nas cyanocephala 126
Order RAPTORES. Birds of Prey.
Family CATHARTID?. American Vultures.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
324 California Vulture Gymnogyps california.n.u.s 129 325 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura septentrionalis 129 326 Black Vulture Catharista urubu 129
Family BUTEONID?. Hawks, Eagles, Kites, etc.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
327 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 130 328 White-tailed Kite Ela.n.u.s leucurus 130 329 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis 130 330 Everglade Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 130 331 Marsh Hawk Circus hudsonius 130 332 Sharp-s.h.i.+nned Hawk Accipiter velox 131 333 Cooper's Hawk " cooperi 131 334 Goshawk " atricapillus atricapillus 131 334_a_ Western Goshawk " " striatulus 131 335 Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi 132 337 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo borealis borealis 132 337_a_ Krider's Hawk " " krideri 132 337_b_ Western Red-tail " " calurus 132 337_d_ Harlan's Hawk " " harlani 132 337_e_ Alaska Red-tail " " alascensis 296 339 Red-shouldered Hawk " lineatus lineatus 133 339_a_ Florida Red-shouldered Hawk " " alleni 133 339_b_ Red-bellied Hawk " " elegans 133 340 Zone-tailed Hawk " abbreviatus 134 341 Sennett's White-tailed Hawk " albicaudatus sennetti 135 342 Swainson's Hawk " swainsoni 133 343 Broad-winged Hawk " platypterus 133 344 Short-tailed Hawk " brachyurus 135 345 Mexican Black Hawk Urubitinga anthracina 134 346 Mexican Goshawk Asturina plagiata 131 347_a_ Rough-legged Hawk Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis 135 348 Ferruginous Rough-leg " ferrugineus 135 349 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 136 [351] Gray Sea Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla A.V.
352 Bald Eagle " leucocephalus leucocephalus 136 352_a_ Northern Bald Eagle " " alasca.n.u.s 136
Family FALCONDID?. Falcons, Caracaras, etc.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
353 White Gyrfalcon Falco islandus 136 354 Gray Gyrfalcon " rusticolus rusticolus 136 354_a_ Gyrfalcon " " gyrfalco 136 354_b_ Black Gyrfalcon " " obsoletus 137 355 Prairie Falcon " mexica.n.u.s 135 [356] Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus peregrinus A.V.
356_a_ Duck Hawk " " anatum 137 356_b_ Peale's Falcon " " pealei 137 357 Pigeon Hawk Falco columbarius columbarius 137 357_a_ Black Pigeon Hawk " " suckleyi 137 358 Richardson's Pigeon Hawk " " richardsoni 137 [358.1] Merlin " aesalon A.V.
359 Aplomado Falcon " fusco-caerulescens 137 [359.1] Kestrel " tinnunculus A.V.
360 Sparrow Hawk " sparverius sparverius 137 360_a_ Desert Sparrow Hawk " " phalaena 138 360_b_ San Lucas Sparrow Hawk " " peninsularis 138 360_c_ Little Sparrow Hawk " " paulus 296 [361] Cuban Sparrow Hawk " sparveroides A.V.
362 Audubon's Caracara Polyborus cheriway 134 363 Guadalupe Caracara " lutosus 134
Family PANDIONID?. Ospreys.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
364 Osprey Pandion haliaetus carolinensis 129
Family ALUCONDID?. Barn Owls.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
365 Barn Owl Aluco pratincola 138
