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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 . . ... . . U4 



Swans . . . . . . .143 



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