. Color key to North American birds . •|.A/At. SUe. SCREECH OWL. Family 38. HORNED OWLS, ETC, BUBONID^. Eyes yellow or black, set in a circular facial disc; bill more or less concealed byfeathers; nostrils opening at the edge of a fleshy cere; tarsus feathered. Order XIII. Paroquets and Parrots. PSITTACI.(1 family, 2 species.)Usually bright green birds with a heavy hooked bill, broad seooped-shaped lower mandible; long, pointed wings; tail, in Parrots, general-ly square; in Paroquets, pointed; feet heavy, two toes in front andtwo CAROLINA PAROQUET. Family 39. PARROTS AND
. Color key to North American birds . •|.A/At. SUe. SCREECH OWL. Family 38. HORNED OWLS, ETC, BUBONID^. Eyes yellow or black, set in a circular facial disc; bill more or less concealed byfeathers; nostrils opening at the edge of a fleshy cere; tarsus feathered. Order XIII. Paroquets and Parrots. PSITTACI.(1 family, 2 species.)Usually bright green birds with a heavy hooked bill, broad seooped-shaped lower mandible; long, pointed wings; tail, in Parrots, general-ly square; in Paroquets, pointed; feet heavy, two toes in front andtwo CAROLINA PAROQUET. Family 39. PARROTS AND the same as those of Order. 30 PSITTACID^. Synopsis of Orders and Families. Order XIV. Cuckoos, Trogons, Kingfishers, Etc. COCCYGES.(3 families, 8 species, 2 subspecies.)A composite Order of several groups of birds bearing no close rela-tion to each other. Cuckoos have slightly curved bills, long tails, andtwo toes in front and two behind. Trogons have short, rather broad,stout bills, and soft, loose plumage, often green above, red below; moder-ately long tails; small feet with two toes in front, two behind. King-fishers have long, rather stout, pointed bills; wings, long; tail, medium;three toes in front and one behind; middle and outer toes joined forlialf their length.
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