Jlcmoirs of tf)c iHusciim of Comparatibc Eooloig^ 



AT IIAIIVAKD COLLEGE. 



Vol. Xlll. 



THE 



WA TER BIRDS 



OF 



NORTH AMERICA. 



BY 



S. R BAIRD, T. M. BREWER, 



AND 



R. RIDGWAY. 



ISSUED IN CONTINUATION OF THE 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA. 

 J. D. WHITNEY, State Geologist. 



Volume IL o^V^/^o 



BOSTON: 

 LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 



1884. 



