CONTENTS 



Order Pygopodes : Diving Birds 



Family Podicipidse : Grebes 



Family Gaviidae : Loons .... 



Family Alcidse : Auks, Murres, and Puffins 

 Order Longipennes : Long- winged Swimmers 



Family Stereorariidse : Jaegers, etc. 



Family Laridse : Gulls and Terns 

 Order Tubinares : Tube-nosed Swimmers . 



Family Diomedeidae : Albatrosses 



Family Procellariidae : Fulmars and Shearwaters 

 Order Steganopodes : Totipalmate Swi.mmers 



Family Anhingidae : Darters 



Family Phalacroeoracidae : Cormorants 



Family Pelecanidae : Pelicans 



Family Fregatidae : Man-o'-War Birds 

 Order Ansebes : Lamellirostral Swimmers 



Family Anatidae : Ducks, Geese, and Swans 

 Order Herodiones : Herons, Storks, Ibises, i 



Family Ibididae : Ibises .... 



Family Ciconiidae : Storks and Wood Ibises 



Family Ardeidae : Herons, Egrets, Bitterns 

 Order Paludicol^ : Cranes, Rails, etc. 



Family GruidaB : Cranes .... 



Family Rallidae : Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 

 Order Limicol^ : Shore Birds 



Family Phalaropodidae : Phalaropes . 



Family Recurvirostridae : Avocets and Stilts 



Family Scolopacidae : Snipe, Sandpipers, etc. 



Family Charadriidae : Plovers 



Family Aphrizidae : Surf Birds and Turnstones 



Family Haematopodidae : Oyster-catchers . 



Family Jacanidae : Jacanas .... 

 Key to Families of Land Birds . 

 Order Gallin-e : Gallinaceous Birds . 



Family Tetraonidae : Grouse, Partridg-es. Quail, etc 



Family Phasianidae : Pheasants and Turkeys 



Family Cracidae : Currassows and Guans 

 Order Columb^ : Pigeons .... 



Family Columbidse : Pig-eons 

 Order Raptores: Birds of Prey 



Family Cathartidae : Vultures 



Family Falconidae : Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc 



Family Strigidae : Barn Owls 



Family Bubonidae : Horned Owls, etc. 

 Order Psittaci : Parrots, Macaws. Paroquets, etc. 



Family Psittacidae : Parrots and Paroquets . 



