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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION BY G. O. SHIELDS . . . . . vii 



PREFACE . ix 



LIST OF COLORED PLATES xi 



PART I. WATER BIRDS ....... i 



Diving Birds 3 



The Grebes 8 



The Loons 14 



Auks, Murres, Puffins, etc. . . . 18 



Long-winged Swimmers . . . , . ' 27 



Jaegers and Skuas 32 



Gulls 35 



Terns, or Sea Swallows .... 46 



Skimmers ...... 59 



Tube-nosed Swimmers ..... 63 



Shearwaters 67 



Petrels 68 



Fully Webbed Swimmers .... 73 



Cormorants ...... 77 



Plate-billed Swimmers . . . . . 81 



Mergansers, or Fishing Ducks . . 87 



River and Pond Ducks .... 93 



Sea and Bay Ducks . . . . 114 



Geese 134 



Swans ....... 143 



