garden, the chances of attracting any of our shyer birds are much decreased. 

 Unfortunately, nesting boxes are seldom furnished for any birds but wrens, 

 although many will use them, if the location suits them. 



If opportunity offers, one should try to learn all that he can about 

 the habits and evcry-day life of the birds. He should not make the beginner's 

 mistake of working solely for a check list. The mere fact of having seen thirty 

 or forty kinds of birds in one day is not especially commendable in itself and 

 adds little to our knowledge. In almost every part of the country check lists 

 of all the birds common to the region are already available. What is now 

 needed is more study of birds (and other animals) as living things. 



OUTLINE OF CLASSIFICATION OF NATIVE BIRDS 



Subclass NEORNITHES (of Class AVES) Typical Birds 

 Superorder NEOGNATHAE Modern Flying Birds 

 Order GAVIIFORMES Loons 



Water birds; legs short and placed far back; tarsus flattened; front 

 toes webbed and with claws; with a small hind toe on each foot; 

 beak with smooth edges 

 Family GAVIIDAE 



With the characters of the order 



( 1 genus, 3 species) 

 Order COLYMBIFORMES Grebes 



Water birds; legs short and placed far back; tarsus flattened; 

 front toes lobed and with flattened nails; with a small hind toe on 

 each foot; beak with smooth edges; apparently no tail 

 Family COLYMBIDAE 



With the characters of the order 



(3 genera, 6 species) 

 Order PROCELLARIIFORMES Tube-nosed Swimmers 

 Sea birds; nostrils opening through a tube or tubes 

 Family DIOMEDEIDAE Albatrosses 



Nostrils opening through two tubes situated one on each 



side of the beak 



(2 genera, 3 species) 

 Family PROCELLARIIDAE Shearwaters, Fulmars and Petrels 



Nostrils opening through a single tube on top of the beak; 



with more than ten primaries 



(3 genera, 7 species) 

 Family HYDROBATIDAE Storm Petrels 



Nostrils opening through a single tube on top of the beak; 



with ten primaries 



(3 genera, 6 species) 



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