Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-397) and index.

Comparative Biology -- Evolution, Classification, and Zoogeography -- Foraging Ecology and Foods -- Comparative Behavior -- Reproductive Biology -- Population Biology and Conservation -- Natural Histories of Individual Species -- Family Accipitridae (kites, hawks, and eagles) -- Subfamily Pandioninae (osprey) -- Osprey -- Subfamily Accipitrinae (kites, typical hawks, and eagles) -- Pernine kites -- Hook-billed Kite -- American Swallow-tailed Kite -- Elanine and milvine kites -- Black-shouldered Kite -- Snail Kite -- Mississippi Kite -- Sea eagles and fish eagles -- Bald Eagle -- Typical harriers -- Northern Harrier -- Typical accipiters -- Sharp-shinned Hawk -- Cooper's Hawk -- Northern Goshawk -- Typical buteonine hawks -- Common Black-hawk -- Harris' Hawk -- Gray Hawk -- Red-shouldered Hawk -- Broad-winged Hawk -- Short-tailed Hawk -- Swainson's Hawk -- White-tailed Hawk -- Zone-tailed Hawk -- Red-tailed Hawk -- Ferruginous Hawk -- Rough-legged Hawk -- Booted eagles -- Golden Eagle -- Family Falconidae (caracaras and falcons) -- Tribe Polyborini (caracaras) -- Crested Caracara -- Tribe Falconini (falcons) -- American Kestrel -- Merlin -- Aplomado Falcon -- Peregrin Falcon -- Gyrfalcon -- Prairie Falcon -- Key to the Species of North American Falconiform Birds -- Origins of Vernacular and Scientific Names of North American Falconiform Birds -- Field Identification Views and Anatomical Drawings of North American Falconiform Birds.