SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 



BROWN PELICAN. 



Family 13. PELICANS. PELECANID^. 



Bill hooked at tip, with a large pouch; tail short, square; eye space bare. 



Family 14. MAN-O* WAR BIRDS. FREGATID^E. 



Bill hooked; pouch small; tail long and forked; eye space feathered. 



ORDE.R V. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. ANSERES. 

 """""* (1 family, 49 species, 6 subspecies.) 



Birds of familiar form; bill, except in Mergansers or Saw-billed Ducks, 

 broad and with rows of 'strainers' or 'gutters' on either side; wings 

 short, in the Ducks usually with a bright colored patch or speculum; 

 tail generally short; legs short; feet webbed. Most species, unlike 

 the Grebes, take wing rather than dive when pursued. 



RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 



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