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THE WATER BIRDS . . . . . ' . , . . .84 

 Diving Birds Long-winged Swimmers Tube-nosed Swim- 

 mers Larnellirostral Swimmers Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. 

 Cranes, Kails, etc. Shore Birds. 



THE LAND BIRDS . . . . 110 



Gallinaceous Birds Pigeons and Doves Birds of Prey 

 Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc. Woodpeckers Goatsuckers, 

 Swifts, and Hummingbirds Perching Birds. 



