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Toothless series 

 Order 11 — Colynibiformes : Colymhi — Divers. 

 Order 12 — Sphenisciformes : Sphenisci — PeiiKiii'is- 

 Order 13 — Procellariiformes : Procellarlae. 

 Order 14 — Cicouiiformes : Stegauopodes — Snla, Gauiiet. 



Phttethon, Frigate bird. 

 Phalacrovorux, Cormorant. 

 ()duatupteri/.i: (p. 33). 

 Ardeae — AnJen. 



Ciconiae — Leptoptilus, Adjutant. 

 ('icon id, White Stork. 

 Phoenicopteri — Flamingoes, etc. 

 Order 15 — Anseriformes : Palamedeae — Screamers. 



Anseres — Mergansers ; Ducks ; Geese ; Swans ; Spur-winged 

 Goose ; Odonfopteryx (according to some). 

 Oi'der 16 — Falconiformes : Catliartae — American Vultures. 



Accipitres — Falcons, Vultures, Harpwjus, Gypogeranus, Secre- 

 tary-bird. 

 Order 17 — Tinamiformes : Tinami — Tinamus. 

 Order 18 — Galliformes : Galli — Fowls ; Peacock. 



Opisthocomi — Hoatzin (p. 22). 

 Order 19^Gruiformes : Cranes. ( Phororhacos possibly. ) 



[Stereorinthes {Phororhacos, Gastornis, etc.) placed here by some; their probable 

 position.] 

 Order 20 — Charadriiformes : Limicolae — Plovers, etc. 

 Lari — Gulls. 



Alcae — Great Auk (p. 35). 

 Pterocles — Sand grouse. 

 Columbae — Pigeons. 



Ground-pigeons; Dodo (p. 35). 



Solitaire (p. 35). 

 Order 21 — Culiciformes : Cuculi — Cuckoos. 



Psittaci — Parrots, etc. 

 Order 22 — Coraciiformes : Coraciae— Roller, Hornbill, Hoopoe. 

 Striges — Owls. 

 Caprimulgi — Goatsuckers. 

 Cypseli — Swifts, Humming-birds. 

 Colii — Colies. 

 Trogones — Trogons. 

 Pici — Tucans, Woodpeckers. 

 Order 23 — Passeriformes — Crows. Larks, Sparrows, Warblers, etc. 11,000 known species 



Those who are interested in tlie geological historj^ of birds will find a 

 great deal to please and instruct them in the Animals of the Past by 

 Lucas, in the Extinct Monsters by Hutchinson, and in the Dragons of 

 the Air by Seeley. Readers desiring more technical treatises may con- 

 sult Vertebrate Palaeontology by Woodward, Manual of Palaeontology 

 by Nicholson and Lj^dekker, Handbuch der Palaeontologie by Zittel, 

 Palaeontologie by Steinmann-Doederlein, and Palaeontologie by Ber- 

 nard. In these will be found bibliographies and complete references to 

 other works and to special papers on particular subjects concerning- 

 avian phylogeny and anatoin3\ 



