INTRODUCTION. 



In the present volume the Carinake are coutinued from the 

 Charadriiformes to the end of the first volume of ])r. Bowdler 

 Sharpe's ' Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds.' The 

 total number of species is 726, and of specimens of eggs 14,998, 

 distributed in the following manner : — 



Carinat^. 



No. of species. No. of specimens. 



Charadriiformes 174 4366 



Gruiformes 19 194 



Ardeiformes 86 2210 



Palamedeiformes 1 13 



Phcenicopteriformes .... 4 101 



Anseriformes 135 2473 



Pelecaniformes 51 947 



Cathartidiformes 5 30 



Accipitriformes 186 3854 



Strigiformes Qo 810 



726 14,993 



The symbols employed in the present volume are the same as 

 those in the first volume. [P.] means " Presented by," [C] " Col- 

 lected by," [E.] Received in exchange." The measurements of 

 specimens are invariably in English inches. 



EUGENE W. DATES. 



