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The Water Birds 84 



Diving Birds — Long-winged Swimmers — Tube-nosed Swim- 

 mers — Lamellirostral Swimmers — Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. 

 — Cranes, Rails, etc. — Shore Birds. 



The Land Birds 110 



Gallinaceous Birds — Pigeons and Doves — Birds of Prey — 

 Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc. — Woodpeckers — Goatsuckers, 

 Swifts, and Hummingbirds — Perching Birds. 



