CONTENTS. 



Page. 



List of Plates, vii 



Introduction, ix 



Order Pygopodes — The Diving Birds, 1 



Family Podicipidoe— The Grebes, , . 1,230 



Urinatorida) — Tlie Loons, 3,230 



Alcidoe— The Murres and Puffins, 230 



Order Longipennes — The Long-winged Swimmers. 



Family Stercorariidte — The Jaegers, 230 



Laridfe— The Gulls and Terns, 231 



Rynchopidaj — The Skimmers, 232 



Order Tubinares — The Tube-nosed Swimmers. 



Family Procellariidte — The Sliearwaters and Petrels, 232 



Order Steganopodes — The Totipalmate Swimmers. 



Family Phalacrocoracidse — The Cormorants, 232 



Pelecanidse — The Pelicans, 232 



Order Anseres — The Lamellirostral Swimmers, 4 



Family Anatidse— The Ducks, Geese and Swans, 4,232 



Order Herodiones — The Herons, Egrets, etc., 17,234 



Family Ibididee — The Ibises, 234 



Ciconiida; — The Wood Ibises, 234 



Ardeidae — The Herons, Bitterns, etc, 17,234 



Order Paludicolae — The Rails, Coots, etc., 27 



Family Gruidse — The Cranes, 234 



Rallidee— The Rails, Gallinules, etc., 27,234 



Order Limicolse — The Shore Birds, 32 



Family Phalaropodidse— The Phalaropcs, 235 



Scolopacidae— The Snipes, Sandpij^iers, etc, 32,235 



Charadriidse— The Plovers, 43,236 



Aphrizidse — The Turnstones, 237 



Order Gallinse — The Gallinaceous Birds, 47 



Family Tetraonidse — The Grouse, Partridges, etc, 47,237 



Phasianidse— The Turkeys, 51,237 



Order Columbse — The Pigeons, 51 



Family Columbidse — The Pigeons, 51,237 



Birdsof Prey and the "Scalp" Act of June 23, 1885, 55 



Order Raptores — The Birds of Prey, 72 



Family Cathartidse — The American Vultures, 72,237 



Falconidee — Hawks, Eagles, etc., 74,237 



Strigidae— The Barn Owls, 104,238 



Bubonidse— The Horned Owls, etc., ".. 106,238 



Order Coccyges — The Cuckoos, etc., 119 



Family Cuculidse— The Cuckoos, etc., 119,238 



Alcedinidso — The Kingfishers, 121,239 



Order Pici— The Woodpeckers, 123 



Family Picidae— The Woodpeckers, 123,239 



Order Macrochires — The Goatsuckers, Swifts, 138 



Family Caprimulgidae— The Goatsuckers, 138,239 



Micropodidffi— The Swifts, 142,239 



Trochilidae— The Hummingbirds, 143,239 



(V) 



