INTRODUCTION, 



IN the present volume the Carinatce are Continued from the 

 Charadriiformes to the end of the first volume of Dr. Bowdler 

 Sharpe's 'Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds.' The 

 total number of species is 726, and of specimens of eggs 14,998, 

 distributed in the following manner : 



CARINAT^J. 



No. of species. No. of specimens. 



Charadriiformes ...... 174 4366 



Gruiformes 19 194 



Ardeiformes 86 2210 



Palamedeiformes 1 13 



Phcenicopteriformes .... 4 101 



Anseriformes '. . , 135 2473 



Pelecaniformes ........ 51 647 



Cathartidiformes ...... 5 30 



Accipitriformes ........ 186 8854 



Strigifof mes . . .... 65 810 



726 14,998 



The symbols employed in the present Volume are the same as 

 those in the first Volume. [P.] means " Presented by," [C.] " Col- 

 lected by," [E.] Received in exchange." The measurements of 

 specimens afe invariably in English inches. 



EUGENE W. GATES. 



