TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Diving Birds. Order I. Pygopodes 10 



Grebes. Family , Colymbidae 11 



Loons. Family Gaviidie 17 



Anks. Murres and Puffins. Family Alcidse 21 



Long-winged Swimmers. Order II. Longipennes 35 



Skuas and Jaegers. Family Stereoraridae 35 



Gulls and Terns. Family Laridae 38 



Skimmers. Family Rynchopidae 58 



Tube-nosed Swimmers. Order III. Tubinares 59 



Albatrosses. Family Diomedeida? 59 



Fulmars. Shearwaters and Petrels. Family Procellariidae 61 



Totipalmate Swimmers. Order IV. Steganopodes 72 



Tropic Birds. Family Phaethontidas 72 



Gannets. Family Sulidas 74 



Darters. Family Anbingida? 77 



Cormorants. Family Phalacroeoracidae 78 



Pelicans. Family Pelecanidae 83 



Man-o' War Birds. Family Fregatidse 86 



Lamellirostral Swimmers. Order V. Anseres 87 



Ducks, Geese and Swans. Family Anatidae 87 



Lamellirostral Grallatores. Order VI. Odontoglossae 115 



Flamingoes. Family Phcenicopteridae 115 



Herons. Storks, Ibises, etc. Order VII. Herodiones 115 



Spoonbills. Family Plataleidae 115 



Ibises. Family Ibididae 117 



Storks and Wood Ibises. Family Ciconiidae 118 



Herons, Bitterns, etc. Family Ardeidae 119 



Cranes. Rails, etc. Order VIII. Paludicolae 127 



Cranes. Family Gruidae 127 



( !ourlans. Family Aramidae 129 



Kails. Gallinules and Toots. Family Rallidae 131 



Shore Birds, order IX. Limicolse 137 



Phalaropes. Family Phalaropodidae 137 



Avocets and stilts. Family Itorurvirostridae 139 



Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. Family Scolopacidae 140 



Plovers. Family Charadriidae 161 



Surf Minis and Turnstones. Family Aplirizidae 169 



Oyster-catchers. Family Haematopodidse 170 



Jacanas. Family Jacanidae 172 



■Gallinaceous Birds, order x. Gallinae t75 



Grouse, Partridges, etc. Family Odontophoridse I7. r » 



Turkeys. Family Meleagridae L78 



Curassows and Guans. Familj Cracidae 191 



