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BIRDS OF AMERICA 



Order of Marsh-dwellers 

 Cranes and Courlans . 

 Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 



Order of Shore Birds 



Phalaropes . . ■ ■ 



AvocETS and Stilts 

 Snipes, Sandpipers, Etc. 

 Plovers . ■ ■ • 



Surf-birds and Turnstones . 

 Oyster-catchers 



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