CONTENTS. 



INTKODUCTION 



SYNOPSIS OF NORTH AIMEEICAN ORDEKS OF WATER BIRDS 



Order HERODIOXES 



Family Aedeid.e. The Herons ........ 



Sub-Family Ardeix.e . 



Sub-Family Botaukix.t: 



Family Cicoxud.e. The Storks 



Sub-Family Cicoxiin-^ 



Sub-Family Taxtalix.e 



Family Ibidid.e. The Ibises ........ 



Sub-Family Eudocimix^e ....... 



Family Plataleid.e. The SpoonbilLj '■. .... 



Order LIMICOL.E 



Family HiEMATOPODiD.E. The Oyster-catchers .... 

 Family Strepsilid.e. The Turnstones ...... 



Family Charadkiid.i:. The Plovers 



Family PApaiiD.?^. The Ja(;anas ....... 



Family Scolopacid.t:. The Snipes, Sandpijiers, etc. . 



Family PhalapvOpodid.i^. The Phalaropes ..... 



Family Eecurvirostrid£e. The Avocets and Stilts . 



Order ALECTORIDES 



Family Rallid.e. The Rails, Gallinules, and Coots . 



Family Aramtd.e. The Courlans ....... 



Family Gruid.t:. The Cranes ....... 



Order PHCEXICOPTERI 



Family Phcexkopterid.e. The Flamingoes .... 



Order AXSERES {not comphded in this vohtnie) ..... 

 Family Ax-atid.t:. The Swans, Geese, and Ducks 



Sub-Family Ctgntx^ ... ... 



Sub-Family Axserix^e 



Sub-Family Axatix.e ........ 



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