784 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. 



APPENDIX 5. 



OUTLINE OF CLASSIFICATION OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



From the second edition of the Check List of North American Birds prepared for 

 the American Ornithologists' Union. 



Older I. PYGOPODES, Diving Birds. 



Family 1. Colymbidae, Grebes. 



Family 2. Gaviidae, T.oons. 



Family 3. Alcidae, Auks and Murres. 



Order 11. LONGIPENNES, Long-winged Swimmers. 



Family 4. Stercorariidae, Gull-chasers. 



Family 5. Laridae, Gulls and Terns. 



Family 6. Rynchopidae, Skimmers (not found in Michigan). 



Order III. TUBINARES, Tube-nosed Swimmei-s (not found in Michigan). 



Family 7. Diomedeidae, All:)atrosses (not found in Michigan). 

 Family 8. Procellariidae, Fulmars, Shearwaters, and Petrels (not 

 found in Michigan). 



Order IV. STEGANOPODES, Totipalmate Swimmers. 



Family 9. Phaethontidae, Tropic-birds (not found in Michigan). 



Family 10. Sulidae, (iannets. 



Family IL Anhingidae, Darters (not found in Michigan). 



Family 12. Phalacrocoracidae, C'ormorants. 



Family 13. Pelecanidae, Pelicans. 



Family 14. Fregatidae, Man-o'-War-Birds (not found in Michigan). 



Order V. ANSERES, Swans, Ducks and Geese. 

 Family 15. Anatidae, Sw\ans, Ducks and Geese. 



Order VI. ODONTOGLOSS.E, Lamellirostral Grallatores (not found 



in Michigan). 



Famil}' 10. Phoenicopteridae, Flamingoes (not found in IMichigan). 



Order VIT. HERODIONES, Herons, Ibises, Storks. 



Family 17. Plataleidae, Spoonbills (not found in Michigan). 



Family 18. Ibididae, Ibises. 



Family 19. Ciconiidae, Storks and Wood Ibises. 



Family 20. Ardeidae, Herons, Bitterns, etc. 



