TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE . vii 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES, AN APPRECIATION . . 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 '34 



Swans M3 



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