CONTENTS 



PAGES 



Procellariiformes or Petrels — The Pelargiformes 

 or Herons, Storks, Spoonbills, and Ibises — The 

 Pelecaniformes or Tropic Birds, Gannets, Cor- 

 morants, Pelicans, Darters, and Frigate Birds — 

 The Anseriformes or Swans, Geese, Ducks, and 

 Mergansers — The Gruiformes or Cranes and 

 allied birds — The Ralliformes or Rails and 

 Finfoots — The Galliformes or Game Birds — The 

 Pediophili or Sand-Grouse — The Columbiformes 

 or Pigeons — The Charadriiformes or Bustards, 

 Plovers, Sandpipers, Jacanas, Sheath-bills, Crab 

 Plover, and Seed Snipes — The Lariformes or 

 Gulls, Terns, Skuas, and Skimmers — The Alci- 

 formes or Auks — The Falconiformes or Birds of 

 Prey — The Coraciiformes — The Psittaciformes or 

 Parrots — The Cuculiformes or Cuckoos and 

 Plantain-Eaters — The Passeriformes or Perching 

 Birds 54-102 



CHAPTER HI 



THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN SPACE 



The geographical distribution of birds — Views of 

 Sclater, Huxley, and Wallace — Dr. Sclater's Zoo- 

 logical Regions — The Pala^arctic Region : its 

 characteristic birds — The Ethiopian Region : its 

 characteristic birds — The Indian or Oriental 

 Region : its characteristic birds — The Australian 

 Region : its characteristic birds — The Nearctic 

 Region : its characteristic birds — The Neotropical 

 Region : its characteristic birds — Distribution of 

 the Moas and Rocs — Distribution of Ratitae birds 

 — Distribution of Carinatir: birds — The Tinamous 

 — The Penguins — The Divers and Grebes — The 

 Petrels — The Herons, Storks, Spoonbills, and 

 Ibises — The Tropic Birds, Gannets, Cormorants, 



