vi CONTENTS 



ORDER PYGOPODES: DIVING BIRDS 5 



Family Podicipidse : Grebes 5 



Family Gaviidae : Loons .9 



Family Alcidae : Auks, Murres, and Puffins . . . .11 



ORDER LONGIPENNES : LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS .... 17 



Family Stercorariidse : Jaegers, etc. ...... 17 



Family Laridae : Gulls and Terns 19 



ORDER TUBINARES : TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS 32 



Family Diomedeidae : Albatrosses 32 



Family Procellariidae : Fulmars and Shearwaters ... 33 



ORDER STEGANOPODES : TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS .... 39 



Family Anhingidae : Darters 39 



Family Phalacrocoracidae : Cormorants 39 



Family Pelecanidae : Pelicans 42 



Family Fregatidae : Man-o'-War Birds 43 



ORDER ANSERES : LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS .... 44 

 Family Anatidse : Ducks, Geese, and Swans . . . .44 



ORDER HERODIONES : HERONS, STORKS, IBISES, ETC. ... 70 



Family Ibididse : Ibises 70 



Family Ciconiidse : Storks and Wood Ibises . . . .72 



Family Ardeidae : Herons, Egrets, Bitterns .... 72 



ORDER PALUDICOL.E : CRANES, RAILS, ETC 78 



Family Gruidae : Cranes 78 



Family Rallidae : Rails, Gallinules, and Coots .... 79 



ORDER LIMICOL^J : SHORE BIRDS 84 



Family Phalaropodidae : Phalaropes ...... 84 



Family Recurvirostridae : Avocets and Stilts .... 86 



Family Scolopacidae : Snipe, Sandpipers, etc 87 



Family Charadriidae : Plovers . . . . . . . 102 



Family Aphrizidae : Surf Birds and Turnstones .... 106 



Family Haematopodidse : Oyster-catchers 107 



Family Jacanidaa : Jacanas 108 



KEY TO FAMILIES OF LAND BIRDS 108 



ORDER GALLIN/E : GALLINACEOUS BIRDS 113 



Family Tetraonidae : Grouse, Partridges, Quail, etc. . . . 113 



Family Phasianidae : Pheasants and Turkeys 134 



Family Cracidae : Currassows and Guans 137 



ORDER COLUMB-E : PIGEONS 138 



Family Columbidae : Pigeons 138 



ORDER RAPTORES: BIRDS OF PREY 144 



Family Cathartidae : Vultures 144 



Family Falconidae : Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. . . . 146 



Family Strigidae : Barn Owls 173 



Family Bubonidae : Horned Owls, etc. 175 



ORDER PSITTACI : PARROTS, MACAWS, PAROQUETS, ETC. . . 192 



Family Psittacidae : Parrots and Paroquets 192 



