CONTENTS 



Page 

 PREFACE V 



CHAPTER I 

 INTRODUCTION i 



CHAPTER II 

 THE OSTRICH-LIKE BIRDS 28 



CHAPTER III 



THE CARINATE or KEEL-BREASTED BIRDS, and their chief 



peculiarities ....... ..... 33 



CHAPTER IV 



THE DIVING-BIRDS, PETRELS, and PENGUINS ... 36 



(Orders— PYGOPODES, TUBINARES, and IMPENNES) 



CHAPTER V 



THE TOTIPALMATE BIRDS, HERONS, STORKS, and 



FLAMINGOES 4i 



(Orders— STEGANOPODES, CICONI^, and PHCENICOPTERI) 



CHAPTER VI 



THE DUCKS, GEESE, and SWANS 5© 



(Order— ANSERES) 



CHAPTER VII 

 THE BIRDS OF PREY — SECRETARY - BIRD, EAGLES, 



BUZZARDS, HAWKS, KITES, VULTURES, and FALCONS 54 



(Order— ACCIPITRES) 



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