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4. Locality. 



(a) Where observed. 



(b) Character of immediate vicinity. 



(1) Gardens and orchards oriole. 

 - (2) Lanes and highways song sparrow, 



(3) Open meadows meadow lark. 



(4) Thickets of undergrowth thrush. 



(5) Dense woods hermit thrush. 



(6) Rivers and lakes kingfisher, snipe. 



(7) Marshes marsh wren, bittern. 



X. Classification. 



1. Orders and Families Based Upon. 



(a) Skeletal. 



(b) Muscular. 



(c) Visceral. 



2. Genera External Characteristics. 



(a) Bill, feet, wings and tail. 



3. Species and Sub-Species. 



(a) Color and size. 



XL Key to Orders. 



WATER BIRDS. 



A. Divers. 



Order I. Pygopodes. 



Grebe, loon, auk. 

 Order II. Longipennes long-winged. 



Gull, tern. 

 Order III. Tubinares. 



Albatross, petrel. 

 Order IV. Steganopodes. 



Gannet, cormorant, pelican. 



B. Swimmers. 



Order V. Anseres swimmers. 

 Duck, goose, swan. 



C. Waders. 



f Order VI. Odontoglossae. 



Flamingo, 

 I TJ^Terodiones. 



Heron, stork, ibis. 



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Crane, rail. 



