6 CONTENTS. 



Order Anseres: Lamellirostral swimmers — Continued. 



Family Anatidse: Ducks, geese, and swans — Continued. Page. 



Ro.ss goose 127 



Canada goose 127 



^^^listling swan 129 



Trumpeter swan 129 



Order Herodiones : Herons, bitterns, etc 129 



Family Ardeidse: Herons, bitterns, etc 129 



Bittern 129 



Great blue heron 131 



Order Paludicolse : Cranes, rails, etc 131 



Family Gruidae: Cranes 131 



Sandhill crane 131 



Family Rallidse : Rails, coots, etc 131 



Sora rail 131 



Coot 132 



Order Limicolae : Shorebirds 132 



Family Phalaropodidae : Phalaropes 132 



Northern phalarope 132 



Family Recurvirostridse : Avocets, etc 132 



Avocet 132 



Family Scolopacidoe: Snipe, sandpipers, etc 132 



Wilson snipe 132 



Pectoral sandpiper 133 



Greater yellow-legs 133 



Western solitary sandpiper 133 



Upland plover 133 



Spotted sandpiper 133 



Canadian curlew 134 



Family Charadiiidas : Plovers 1.34 



Black-bellied plover 1,34 



Killdeer 134 



Order Gallinae: Gallinaceous bii'ds 135 



Family Odontophoridse : Bob- whites, etc 135 



Bob-white 135 



Family Tetraonida^: Grouse, ptarmigan, etc 135 



Richardson grouse 135 



Franklin grouse 136 



Gray ruffed grouse 137 



Southern white-tailed ptarmigan 139 



Columliian sharp-tailed grouse 145 



Order Columbse : Pigeons 145 



Family Columbidse: Pigeons 145 



Western mourning dove 145 



Order Raptores: Birds of prey 145 



Family Cathartidse: Vultures 145 



Turkey vulture 145 



Family Buteonida?: Hawks, eagles, etc 146 



Marsh hawk 146 



Sharp-shinned hawk 146 



Cooper hawk 146 



Western goshawk 147 



Western red-tail 147 



Swainson hawk 147 



Squirrel hawk 147 



