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CONTENTS. 



AVES (continued). 



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Order XVIII. LIMICOLJE . . 524 



(Edicnemidae 524 



Charadriidae 525 



ChionididaB 528 



Scolopacidae 528 



Order XIX. GAVJUE 533 



Laridae 533 



Order XX. TUBINARES . . 539 



Procellariidae 539 



Order XXI. PTGOPODES . . 540 



Colymbidae 540 



Alcidse . . 541 



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 Order XXII. IMPENNES . . 542 



Spheniscidae 542 



Order XXIII. CRYPTTTRI.. 545 

 Tinamidae 545 



Order XXIV. APTERTGES . 547 

 Apterygidae 547 



Order XXV. CASTJARII 548 



CasuariidaB 548 



Order XXVI. STRUTHIONES 551 



Struthionidae 551 



RheidaB.. . 552 



KEPTILIA 



Order TESTUDINATA 555 



TestudinidaB 555 



Emydidae 561 



ChelydidaB 569 



Trionychidae 571 



Chelonidaa 572 



Order CROCODILIA 574 



CrocodilidaB 574 



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Order SATJRIA 577 



Sphenodontidae 577 



Geccotidas 577 



VaranidaB 578 



Helodermidae 580 



TeiidaB 580 



LacertidaB 581 



ZonuridaB 583 



ScincidaB 584 



AgamidaB . 588 



555 



IguanidaB 590 



ChamaBleonidaB 593 



AmphisbaBnidaB 595 



Order OPHIDIA 596 



TyphlopidaB 596 



BoidaB 596 



TortricidaB 601 



CalamariidaB 601 



ColubridaB 602 



HomalopsidaB 613 



PsammophiidaB ...... 613 



DendrophiidaB 614 



Dryophiidae 615 



Dipsadidae 615 



ScytalidaB 616 



Lycodontidae 617 



Elapidae 617 



ViperidaB 619 



Crotalidae . . 622 



