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THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA EAST OF THE NINE- 



TIETH MERIDIAN ........ 41 



KEY TO ORDERS AND FAMILIES ....... 41 



I. ORDER PYGOPODES : Diving Birds ..... 56 



1. Family Podicipidse : Grebes ..... 56 



2. Family Urinatoridae : Loons ..... 58 



3. Family Aleida): Auks, Murres, and Puffins . . 60 



II. ORDER LONGIPENNES: LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS . . Go 



4. Family Stercorariidje : Skuas and Jaegers . . .65 



5. Family Laridae : Gulls and Terns . . . .67 



6. Rynchopidae: Skimmers ...... 85 



III. ORDER TUBINARES : TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS . . .86 



7. Family Diomedeidx : Albatrosses . . . .86 



8. Procellariidae : Petrels, Fulmars, and Shearwaters . 86 



IV. ORDER STEGANOPODES : TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS . . 91 



9. Family Phaethontidae : Tropic Birds. . . .91 



10. Family Sulidse : Gannets ...... 92 



11. Family Anhingidac : Darters ..... 93 



12. Family Phalacrocoracidae : Cormorants . . .94 



13. Family Pelecanidze: Pelicans ..... 95 



14. Family Fregatidae : Man-o'-War Birds . .97 



V. ORDER ANSERES : LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS . . 97 



15. Family Anatidae : Ducks, Geese, and Swans . . 97 



VI. ORDER ODONTOGLOSS^E : LAMELLIROSTRAL GRALLATORES 



16. Family Phrenicopteridse : Flamingoes 



VII. ORDER HERODIONES : HERONS, STORKS, IBISES, ETC. . . 125 



17. Family Plataleidre : Spoonbills ..... 125 



18. Family Ibididae: Ibises ...... 126 



19. Family Ciconiidae: Storks and Wood Ibises . . 127 



20. Family Ardeidse : Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns . 128 



VIII. ORDER PALUDICOL^E: CRANES, RAILS, ETC. . . . i:>7 



21. Family Gruidae : Cranes ...... 137 



22. Family Aramida; : Courlans ..... 138 



23. Family RallidaD: Rails, Gallimiles, and Coots . . 139 



IX. ORDER LIMICOL^: : SHORE BIRDS ..... 147 



24. Family Phalaropodid;r : Phalaropes . . . . 147 



25. Family Recurvirostridje : Stilts and Avocets . . 149 



26. Family Scolopacidai : Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. . . 150 



