T1IK H1UDS ()! KASTKUN N<>KTII \\IKIMCA. 



Hind toe, elevated above the level of the others; hill, slender; nostrils, opening through 

 slit-: sides of toes, webbed. Family PHALAROPOniDXE. Phalaropes. 



>ee paire KM. 



GROUP 2. 



Toes, four; front toes, palmate (full webbed); hind toe, 

 not connected with front ones by web. 



Bill, <i mi-lit :iinl pointed: t:irsus, llat- 

 tened ; hind toe. \\ith tl:ip or lobe; feet, 

 pl.-ieed f:n- hack near the t:iil: tail, very 

 short . 



Family GAVIIDAE. Loons. 



See pa^'e 'JS. 



\'erv larire \vin.ir. over I'.i inehes loni;': upper mandihle. 

 curved near tip. forming a hook, the end . inm'n'H i en larked : 



no-trii-. se|iaraie and t iihular : hind toe, rudimentary, often 



apparently \\ anting. 



Family DIOMEDEID/E. Albatrosses. 



See pau'e Hi. 



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\-i-l ril-. I nl >i ilar. i iniled in one doiilile-harrelled In he : front t068, |iahnate (full \\ elihedl ; 

 hind toe, yerv small, and in -oine ea-e- cntirelv ah^ent: upper niandilde. curved near tip- 

 s', ini, r , !--! t han !! inclie- lon^. 



Family PROCELLARIID/E. Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. 



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