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CONTENTS. 



Tilt BIRDS OP NORTH AMERICA EAST OF THE NINE- 

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Key to Orders and Families . 



I. Order Pygopodes : Diving Birds 



I, Family PodicipidaJ : Grebes 

 8. Fanii'v UritmtoridaB: Loons 



3. Fani Alcida^: Auks, Murres, and Puffins 



II. Order Longipennes: Lono-winoed Swimmers 



4. Family Stercorariidic : Skuas and Jaegers . 



5. Family Laridiu : Gulls and Terns 



6. llynchopidae: Skimmers .... 



III. Order Tubinares: Tube-nosed Swimmers . 



7. Family Dionicdeida) : Albatrosses 



8. Procellariidaj: Petrels, Fulmars, and Sliearwntei 



IV. Order Stegaxopodes: Totipalmate Swimmers 



9. Family PhaiJthontida): Tropic Birds. 

 10. Family Sulida> : Gannets .... 



II. Family Anhingidje: Darters 



12. Family Phalacrocoracidje : Cormorants . 



13. Family Pelecanidse : Pelicans . 



14. Family Fregatidae : Man-o'-War Birds 



V. Order Anseres : Lamellirostral Swimmers 



15. Family Anatida^: Ducks, Geese, and Swans 



VI. Order Odontogloss^ : Lamellirostral Grallatores 



16. Family Phoenicopterida) : Flamingoes 



VII. Order Herodiones : Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. 



17. Family Plataleidn' : Spoonbills. 



18. Family Ibidida^ : Ibises .... 



19. Family Ciconiid* : Storks and Wood Ibises 



20. Family Ardeidre : Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns 



VIII. Order PALUDicoLiB : Cranes. Rails, etc. 



21. Family Gruidw : Cranes .... 



22. Family Aramidai: Courliins 



23. Family Rallida;: Rails, Oallinules, and Coots 



IX. Order Limicol^:' Shore Birds 



24. Family PhalaropodidiP : Phalaropes . 



25. Family Recurvirostrid.-p: Stilts and Avocots 

 20. Family Scolopaeida* : Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 



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