CONTENTS ix 



Herons, etc. : Order Herodiones 



Herons and Bitterns : Family Ardeidae .... 280 



Ducks, Geese, Swans : Order Anseres 



Ducks, Geese, Swans : Family Anatidae .... 286 



Cormorants, Gannets, etc. : Order Steganopodes 



Cormorants : Family Phalacrocoracidse . . . 310 

 Gannets : Family Sulidse 311 



Petrels, Shearwaters, etc. : Order Tubinares 



Petrels and Shearwaters : Family Procellariidae . . 312 



Terns, Gulls, and Jaegers : Order Longipennes 



Gulls and Terns : Family Laridse ...'.. 316 

 Jaegers : Family Stercorariidae 328 



Diving Birds : Order Pygopodes 



Auks, Murres, and Puffins : Family Alcidae . . . 329 



Loons : Family Gaviidae 333 



Grebes : Family Podicipidae 335 



APPENDIX 



A. Lists of Birds breeding in the three Life-Zones 



of New England and Eastern New York . 341 



B. Books of Reference 347 



INDEX 351 



