CONTENTS 



PAGES 



Procellariiformes or Petrels The Pelargiformes 

 or Herons, Storks, Spoonbills, and Ibises The 

 Pelecaniformes or Tropic Birds, Gannets, Cor- 

 morants, Pelicans, Darters, and Frigate Birds 

 The Anseriformes or Swans, Geese, Ducks, and 

 Mergansers The Gruiformes or Cranes and 

 allied birds The Ralliformes or Rails and 

 Finfoots The Galliformes or Game Birds The 

 Pediophili or Sand-Grouse The Columbiformes 

 or Pigeons The Charadriiformes or Bustards, 

 Plovers, Sandpipers, Jacanas, Sheath-bills, Crab 

 Plover, and Seed Snipes The Lariformes or 

 Gulls, Terns, Skuas, and Skimmers The Alci- 

 formes or Auks The Falconiformes or Birds of 

 Prey The Coraciiformes The Psittaciformes or 

 Parrots The Cuculiformes or Cuckoos and 

 Plantain-Eaters The Passeriformes or Perching 

 Birds . . .... . . 54-102 



CHAPTER III 



THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN SPACE 



The geographical distribution of birds Views of 

 Sclater, Huxley, and Wallace Dr. Sclater's Zoo- 

 logical Regions The Palaearctic Region : its 

 characteristic birds The Ethiopian Region : its 

 characteristic birds The Indian or Oriental 

 Region : its characteristic birds The Australian 

 Region : its characteristic birds The Nearctic 

 Region : its characteristic birds The Neotropical 

 Region : its characteristic birds Distribution of 

 the Moas and Rocs Distribution of Ratitae birds 

 Distribution of Carinatae birds The Tinamous 

 The Penguins The Divers and Grebes The 

 Petrels The Herons, Storks, Spoonbills, and 

 Ibises The Tropic Birds, Gannets, Cormorants, 



