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INTRODUCTION BY G. O. SHIELDS . . . . . vii 



PREFACE . . j x 



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 134 



Swans . .... 143 



