CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION 



Definition. " A Bird is a feathered biped/' This popukr. 



ERRATA 



Page 4, note 2, for Water-hens read Moor-hens. 

 10, line 19, after Owls read and Fandion. 

 16, 17, /or Lord Howe's rearf Lord Howe. 

 16, 22, for Galapagos read Galapagos. 

 26, note 1, delete comma after Bronn's. 

 30, line 2 from bottom, for Tarapaca read Tarapaca. 



59, 6 , , , , for Pelecanoidinae read Pelecanoidinae. 



60, lines 14, 26, 34, for Pelecanoides read Pelecanoides. 

 67, line 6, for Tlmlassaeca read Thalassoeca. 

 70, 10, /o9" Phaenicopteridae rea? Plioenicopteridae. 

 91, 12, for ralloides read rallo'ides. 



118, 17 , for dominicus Tea,d dominica. 



122, 2, after F. cristata, read the Tufted Duck. 



133. 5, after Wavy, read or Snow Goose. 



160, 8 from bottom, for cirrhatibs read cirrahis. 



215, ,, 10, for jjraelatus Yeaidpraelata. 



258, 15, for perhaps read probably not. 



351, ,, 11, and page 357, line 6, for Phaenicophainae read Phoenicophainae. 



357, 11 from bottom, for Phaenicophaes read Phocnicophaes. 



429, Fig. 89, fovjtcgula7-usTeadjugularis. 



550, line 20, for Seenopoeetes read Scenopoeetes. 



568, 9 from bottom, /o?- a scale-insect read an Aphid. 



