TABLE OF CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION BY G. O. SHIELDS 



PREFACE 



LIST OF COLORED PLATES 



PART I. WATER BIRDS 



Diving Birds 



The Grebes .... 

 The Loons .... 

 Auks, Murres, Puffins, etc. 



Long-winged Swimmers 

 Jaegers and Skuas . 



Gulls 



Terns, or Sea Swallows . 

 Skimmers .... 



Tube-nosed Swimmers . 



Shearwaters .... 

 Petrels 



Fully Webbed Swimmers 



Cormorants .... 



Plate-billed Swimmers . 



Mergansers, or Fishing Ducks 

 River and Pond Ducks . 

 Sea and Bay Ducks 



Geese 



Swans 



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