CONTENTS 



Preface .... 



Introduction 



Order of Diving Birds 



Grebes 



Loons .... 



ACKS, McrRES. .\XD PlFFINS 



Order of Long-wixged Swimmers 



Skiws .\nd J.\egers 



Gl'LLS ..... 



Terns ..... 



Skimmers .... 



Order of Tcbe-nosed Swim.mers 



Albatrosses .... 



Fulmars, Shearwaters, and Petre 

 Order of Totipalmated vSwim.mers 



Tropic-birds 



Gannets .... 



Darters .... 



Cor.morants .... 



Pelicans .... 



Man-o'-war-birds . 

 Order of La.mellirostral Swimmers 



Mergansers .... 



Ducks ..... 



Geese ..... 



Swans ..... 

 Order of Lamellirostral Grallatore 

 Order of Herons, Storks, Ibises, Etc 



Spoonbills, Ibises, and Storks 



Heron Family 



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