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Order Coccyges: Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc 120 



Family Alcedinidae: Kingfishers 120 



Family Cuculidae: Cuckoos 122 



Order Raptores: Birds of Prey 123 



Family Bubonidae: Horned Owls, Hoot Owls, etc. 123 



Family Strigidae: Barn Owls 126 



Family Falconidae: Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. . 127 



ORDER CoLUMBj»E: Pigeons and Doves 135 



Family Columbidee: Pigeons and Doves 135 



Order Gallin/E : Gallinaceous Birds 137 



Family Tetraonidae: Grouse, Bob-whites, etc 137 



Order Limicoue: Shore Birds 141 



Family Charadriidae : Plovers 141 



Family Scolopacidae : Snipes, Sandpipers, etc 1 42 



Order Paludicoije : Coots, Rails, etc 1 48 



Family Rallidae: Rails, Coots, etc 148 



Order Herodiones: Herons, Bitterns, etc 150 



Family Ardeidae: Herons, Bitterns, etc 150 



ORDER ANSERES: Lamellirostral Swimmers 154 



Family Anatidae: Ducks, Geese, etc 154 



ORDER LoNGIPENNES: Long-winged Swimmers.... 159 



Family Laridae: Gulls and Terns 1 59 



Order Pygopodes: Diving Birds 161 



Family Alcidae : Murres, etc 161 



Family Gaviidae : Loons 161 



Family Podicipidae : Grebes 1 62 



Birds of Washington Park 1 64 



Hypothetical List 1 66 



Systematic Table 167 



Index 171 



