CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTION' vii 



KEY TO THE HIGHER GROUPS 1 



Order Pygopodes — The Diving Birds 4 



Family Podicipidse — The Grebes 4 



" Urinatoridse — The Loons 6 



" Alcidse — The Auks, Murres, etc 8 



Order Longipennes — The Long-winged Swimmers 20 



Family Stercorariidte — The Skuas and Jaegers 20 



" Laridte— The Gulls and Terns 23 



" Rynchopida3 — The Skimmers 48 



Order Tubikares — The Tube-nosed Swimmers 50 



Family Diomedeidas — The Albatrosses 50 



" Procellariidse — The Fulmars and Shearwaters 53 



Order Steganopodes — The Totipalmate Swimmers 73 



Family Phsethontidaa— The Tropic Birds 73 



" Sulidffi— The Gannets 74 



" Anhingidse — The Darters 76 



" Phalacrocoracidas— The Cormoi-ants 77 



" Peleeanidte — The Pelicans 81 



" Frcgatida3— The Man-o'-War Birds 82 



Order Anseres — The Lamellirostral Swimmers 84 



Family Anatidie — The Ducks, Geese, and Swans 84 



Order Odontogloss.e — The Lamellirostral Waders 121 



Family Phoenicopteridie — The Flamingoes 121 



Order Herodiones — The Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc 122 



Family Plataleidse— The Spoonbills 122 



" Ibididffi— The Ibises 123 



" Ciconiida? — The Storks and Wood Ibises 124 



" Ardeidffi — The Herons and Bitterns 126 



Order Paludicol^ — The Cranes, Rails, etc 134 



Family Gruidffi — The Cranes 134 



" Aramidffi — The Courlans 135 



" Rallidts— The Rails, Gallinules, Coots, etc 136 



Order Limicol^ — The Shore Birds 143 



Family Phalaropodidse — The Phalaropes 143 



" Recurvirostridag — The Avocets and Stilts 146 



" ScolopacidaB — The Snipes, Sandpipers, etc 147 



" Charadriidffi — The Plovers 172 



" AphrizidaB — The Surf Birds and Turnstones 179 



" Hffimatopodidje — The Oyster-catchers 181 



" Jacanidse — The Jacanas 183 



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