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CONTENTS. 



AYES (continued). 



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 Order XIII. GALLINJB 475 



Tefcraonidae 475 



Phasianidae 476 



Cracidae 499 



Megapodiidae 504 



Order XV. HEMIPODIT 505 



Turnicidae 505 



Order XVI. PTJLICARIJE . . 506 

 Eallidae 506 



Order XVII. ALECTORIDES . 514 



Otidae 514 



Psophiidae 515 



Cariamidae 516 



Gruidae 517 



Eurypygidae 519 



Aramidae 520 



Order XVIII. LIMICOLJS.. 520 



(Edicnemidae 520 



Charadriidae 521 



Chionididaa 524 



Scolopacidae 524 



Order XIX. GAVLB 529 



Stercorariidae 529 



Laridae 530 



Order XX. TUBINARES . . 537 



Puffinidae 537 



Diomedeidae 538 



Order XXI. PYGOPODES . . 538 



Colymbidae 538 



Alcidae 540 



Order XXII. IMPENNES . . 541 



Spheniscidae 541 



Order XXIII. CRYPTURI.. 544 



Tinamidae 544 



Order XXIV. APTERYGES . 546 



ApterygidaB 546 



Order XXV. CASUARII 547 



Casuariidae 547 



Order XXVI. STRUTHIONES 549 



Struthionidae 549 



Bheidae.. . 549 



EEPTILIA 



Order TESTUDINATA 552 



Chelydridaa 552 



Dermatemydidae 552 



CinosternidaB 553 



Testudinidae 553 



Chelonidae 565 



Pelomedusidae 567 



Chelydidaj 568 



Trionychidae 570 



552 



Order CROCODILIA 571 



Crocodilidae 571 



Order RHYNCHOCEPHALIA . . 575 



Sphenodontidae 575 



Order SAURIA 576 



Gecconidae 576 



Pygopodidaa 579 



Agamidaa 579 



