CONTENTS. 



PARE 



INTRODUCTION ix 



KEY TO TUE HIGHER GROUPS 1 



Order Pygopodes — The Diving Birds 4 



Family P<idicipid:e — The Grebes 4 



" Urinaturidaa — The Loons G 



" AlcidiV — The Auks, Murres, etc 8 



Order Lon'oipexnes — The Long-winged Swimmers 20 



Family Stercorariidis — The Skuas and Jaegers 20 



" Laridic— The Gulls and Terns 23 



" EynchopidiK — The Skimmers 48 



Order Tubixares — The Tube-nosed Swimmers oO 



Family Diomedeid;e — The Albatrosses 50 



" Procellivriidse — The Fulmars and Shearwaters 53 



Order Stegan'opodes — The Totipalmate Swimmers 73 



Family PhoBthontida>— The Tropic Birds 73 



" Sulidtc — The Gannets 7-4 



" Anhingid;e — The Darters 7iJ 



" Phalacrocoraeidie — The Cormorants 77 



" Pelecanida! — The Pelicans SI 



" Fregatid» — The Man-o'- War Birds 82 



Order Akseres — The Lamellirostral Swimmers 84 



Family Anatidie — The Ducks, Geese, and Swans 84 



Order Odoktooloss-E — The Lamellirostral Waders IL' 



Family Phoeuicopterida; — The Flamingoes 12 



Order Herodiones — The Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc 122 



Family Plataleidsc— The Spoonbills 12 



" Ibididaj— The Ibises 123 



" Ciconiid* — The Storks and Wood Ibises 124 



" Ardeidie — The Herons and Bitterns 12G 



Order Pal0d:colje— The Cranes, Rails, etc 134 



Family Gruidie — The Cranes 134 



" Aramid;B — The Courlans 135 



" Rallid;e— The Rails, Gallinules, Coots, etc 130 



Order Limiool.e— The Shore Birds 143 



Family Phalaropodida' — The Phalaropes 143 



" Recurvirostrida; — The Avocets and Stilts 14(; 



" Scolopacidaj — The Snipes, Sandpipers, etc 147 



" Charadriidae— The Plovers 172 



" Aphrizida; — The Surf Birds and Turnstones 179 



" Himatopodida' — The Oyster-catchers 181 



" Jacanida;— The Jaeanas 183 



