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THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA EAST OF THE NINE- 

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Key to Orders and Families 



I. Order Pygopodes : Diving Birds 



1. Family PodicipidaB : Grebes 



2. Family Urinatorida3 : Loons 



3. Family Alcidae : Auks, Murres, and Puffins 



II. Order Longipexnes : Long-winged Swimmers 



4. Family Stercorariidae : Skuas and Jaegers 



5. Family Laridae : Gulls and Terns 



6. RynchopidcB: Skimmers 



III. Order Tubinares : Tube-nosed Swimmers 



7. Family Diomedeidae : Albatrosses 



8. Procellariidae : Petrels, Fulmars, and Shearwate 



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IV. Order Steganopodes : Totipalmate Swimmers 

 9. Family Phaethontidae : Tropic Birds. 



10. Family Sulidae : Gannets . 



11. Family Anhingidae : Darters 



12. Family Phalacrocoracidae : Cormorants 



13. Family Pelecanidse : Pelicans . 



14. Family FregatidaB : Man-o'-War Birds 



V. Order Anseres : Lamellirostral Swimmers 



15. Family Anatidae : Ducks, Geese, and Swans 



VI. Order Odontogloss^ : Lamellirostral Grallatores 



16. Family Phoenicopteridae : Flamingoes 



VII. Order Herodiones : Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc 



17. Family Plataleidae : Spoonbills. 



18. Family Ibididae : Ibises .... 



19. Family Ciconiidae : Storks and Wood Ibises 



20. Family Ardeidae: Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns 



VIII. Order Paludicol^ : Cranes, Rails, etc. 



21. Family Gruidae : Cranes .... 



22. Family Aramidae : Courlans 



23. Family Rallidae : Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 



IX. Order Limicol^: Shore Birds 



24. Family Phalaropodidae : Phalaropes . 



25. Family Recurvirostrid^e : Stilts and Avocets 



26. Family Scolopacidae : Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 



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