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The Caracaras Brazilian Caracara (Polyborus) Falkland Island Caracara (Ibyder) 

 The Vultures (Vulturidce) Lammergeiers (Gypaetus) Cinereous Vulture ( Vultur) 



Griffon Vultures (Gyps) White-Backed Vultures (Pseudogyps) Eared Vultures (Oto- 

 gyps) Abyssinian Vulture (Lophogyp*) Egyptian Vulture (Neophron) The Secretary- 

 Vulture (Serpentariidce) The American Vultures (Cathartidce) Condor (Sarcorham- 

 pJius) King-Vulture (Cathartes) American Black Vulture (Catharista) Turkey 

 Vulture (Rhinogryphus) Calif ornian Vulture, . . . . . .174 



CHAPTER XIII. THE CORMORANT GROUP, Order Steganopodes. 



Characteristics of the Order Cormorants, Darters, and Gannets (Phalacrocoracidce) Cormor- 

 ants (Phalacrocorax) Darters (Plotus) Gannets (Sula) The Pelicans (Pelecanidce) 

 Frigate-Birds (Fregatidce)Tla.e Tropic- Birds (Phaetkontidce), .... 276 



CHAPTER XIV. HERONS, STORKS, AND IBISES, Order Herodiones. 



Characteristics of the Group The Heron Tribe (Family Ardeidce) True Herons (Ardea) 

 Great White Heron Little Egret Other Species Night Herons (Nycticorax) 

 Little Bittern (Ardetta) Bitterns (Botaurus) Boat-Billed Heron (Oanchroma) 

 Whale-Headed Stork (Family Balcenicipitidce) Hammer - Head (Family Scopidce) 

 The Stork Tribe (Family Ciconiidce) True Storks (Ciconia) Maguari Stork 

 (Dissura) White - Bellied Stork (Abdimia) Jabirus or Giant Storks (Mycteria) 



Adjutant or Marabou Storks (Leptoplilus) Shell - Storks (Anastomus) Wood 

 Storks (Tantalus and Pseudotantalus) Ibises and Spoonbills (Family Plataleidce) 

 Ibises (Ibis, etc.) Spoonbills (Platalea) ...... 289 



CHAPTER XV. FLAMINGOES, DUCKS, AND SCREAMERS, Orders Odontoglossi, 

 Anseres, and Palamedece. 



Common Characters of the Three Groups. The Flamingoes (Order Odontoglossi, Family 

 Phoenicopteridce) True Flamingoes (Phcenicoptems) Short - Legged Flamingoes 

 (Palcelodus)The Duck Tribe (Order Anseres, Family Anatidce) Spur- Winged Geese 

 (Plectropterus) Half -Webbed Geese (Anseranas) Cereopsis Goose (Cereopsis) New 

 Zealand Goose (Cnemiornis) True Geese (Anser) Their Habits Brent or Sea- 

 Geese (Bernicla) Northern Species Habits Southern Species Egyptian and 

 Knob - Winged Geese (Chenalopex) The Swans (Cygnus) Whistling Swans 

 Bewick's Swan American Swans Mute Swan Black-Necked Swan Black Swan 

 Fossil Swans and Geese Comb -Ducks (Sarcidiornis) Cotton -Teal (Nettapus) 

 Tree -Ducks or Whistling Teal (Dendrocygna) Sheldrakes (Tadorna) Common 

 Sheldrake Ruddy Sheldrake The True Ducks (Anas) Mallard Dusky Duck 

 Gadwall Habits of Ducks Shoveller-Ducks (Spatula) Pin-Tailed Ducks (Dafila) 

 Teal (Querquedula) Wigeon (Mareca) Summer and Mandarin - Ducks (sEx) 

 Pochards and Scaup -Ducks (Fuligula) Golden-Eye and Buffel-Head (Clangula) 

 Harlequin-Duck (Cosmonetta) Long-Tailed Duck (Harelda) Eider-Ducks (Som- 

 ateria) Their Habits The Scoters ((Edemia) Stiff-Tailed Ducks (Erismatura) 

 The Mergansers (Mergus) Their Habits The Screamers (Order Palamedece, 

 Family Palamedeidce), . . . . . . 320 



CHAPTER XVL THE PIGEONS AND SAND-GROUSE, Order Columba. 



Characteristics of Pigeons Green, Painted, and Fruit-Pigeons (Family Treronidce) Wedge- 

 Tailed Green Pigeons (Sphenocercus) Other Genera (Vinayo, Crocopus, etc.) Painted 

 Pigeons (Ptilopus, etc.) Wart - Pigeons (Alectrcenas) and their Allies Fruit - Pigeons 

 (Carpophaga, etc.) Wood, Long- Tailed and, Passenger Pigeons (Family Columbidce) 

 . Rock - Dove and Allies (Columba) Stock-Dove Wood-Pigeon Long- Tailed 

 Pigeons (7V mm</w) Cuckoo- Pigeons (Macropygia) Allied Genera Passenger- Pigeon 

 (Ectopistes) The Ground- Pigeons (Family Peristeridce) Mourning Doves (Zenaidura, 

 etc.) Galapagos Pigeon (Nesopelia) White-Winged Doves (Melopelia) Turtle -Doves 



