AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



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CHECK LIST 



Of North American Birds and their Habitats. 



Arranged according to the American Ornithologists' Union Check List. 



( The presence of brackets [ J indicates that the species occurs accidentally. > 

 Order I PYGOPODE8. Diving Birds. 

 Family PODICIPID/E. Grebes. 

 a.O.U. 

 No. Common Name. Scientific Jtarae. 



1 Western Grebe .Echmophorusoccidentalis 



2 Holbrell Grebe . .... Colymbus holbcellii 



3 Horned Grebe " auritus 



4 American Eared Grebe .... " nigricolliscalifornicus 



5 Least Grebe '* dominicus brachypterus 



6 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbuspodiceps 



West. 



Middle. 



1-3-4 



w3-4 



1-4-5 



1-4-5 



1-3-4 



1-3-5 



1-3 



W 1-3 



1-4 



1-4 



12 



13 



13a 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



30a 



31 



31a 



32 



33 



34 



Family GAVIID/E, Loots. 



Loon Gaviaimber I l 3-5 



Yellow-billed Loon ' adamsii- 5-61 



Black-throated Loon " arctica | 4-5 1 



Pacific Looon . " pacifica w 2-5-6 



Ked-throated Loon " lumme |W 2-5-6 



Family ALCIDvE. Auks. Murp.es. and Puffins. 



Tufted Puffin Lunda cirrhata 



Puffin Fratercula arctica 



Large-billed Puffin " " naumanni 



Horned Puffin " corniculata 



Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata 



Cassin Auklet - Ptychoramphus aleuticus 



Paroquet Auklet Cyclorrhyncbus psittaeulus- 



Crested Auklet Simorhynehus cristatellus- 



Whiskered Auklet pygm*-eus 



Least Auklet " nusillus 



Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus 



Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus .... 



Kittlitz Murrelet brevirostris 



Xantus Murrelet hypoleucus - 



Craveri Murrelet craveri 



Black Guillemot - Ceppbus grylle 



Mandt Guillemot " mandtii 



Pigeon Guillemot - " columba 



Murre Uria troile 



California Murre " californica 



Brunnich Murre — " lomvia 



Pallas Murre ' " arra 



Razor-billed Auk Alca torda 



Great Auk Plautus impennis 



Dovekie Alle alle 



Order II LONGIPENNES. Long-winged Swimmers. 

 Family STERCORARIIILE. Skuas and Jaegers. 



35 Skua Megalestris skua 



36 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus w 1-5-6 



37 Parasitic Jaeger - " parasiticus - w 1-6 



38 Long-tailed Jaeger " longicaudus -' iw 1-5-6 



Family LAPtlD^E. Guli.s and Terns. 



39 Ivory Gull Pagophila alba 



40 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. 



40a Pacific Kittiwake - " pollicaris 



41 Red-legged Kittiwake " brevirostris 



42 Glaucous Gull Larus glaucus 



42.1 Point Barrow Gull 



43 Iceland Gull 



44 Glaucous-winged Gull 



45 Kumlien Gull 



46 Nelson Gull . 



47 Great Black-backed Gull 



48 Slaty-backed Gull - - 



49 Western Gull 



1 50J Siberian Gull .. 



51 Herring Gull 



52 Vega Gull 



53 California Gull 



54 Ring-billed Gull 



barrovianus 



leucopterus - 



glaucescens 



kumlieni 



nelsoni 

 marinus 

 schistisagus . 

 occidentalis 

 affinis 



argentatus ... 

 vegfe 



californicus .. 

 delawarensis 



1-3-5 

 5-6 



4-5 1 

 5-6 

 5-6 



w 2-5 





w 4-5 





w 2-4-5 





w 2-4 





w 4-5 





w 5-6 





w 5-6 





w 5-6 





w 2-5-6 





w 2-4-5 





w 5 





Is2 



1 





6 



5 



w 2-5 





w 2-3-5 





W5-6 





4-5-6 



4-5-6 



w3-5 

 W 5-6 

 3-5-6 

 w5-6 



3-5-6 



w 2-4-5 





w 5-6 





w 5-6 

 W 1-4 





1-4-5 

 w 3-5 

 2-3-4 

 1-4-5 



1-1)3-5 

 1-n 3-5 



East. 



1-4-5 

 1-4-5 



1-4 

 1-3-5 



2-5 



e 3-4-5 

 5 



e 3-4 

 5 



e4-5 



e 3-4-5 



e 3-4-5 

 extinct 

 e 3-4-5 



e 4-5 

 e 2-5-6 

 e 1-5-6 

 e 1-5-6 



4. 5-6 

 n 3-4-5 



3-5-6 

 n3-5 

 e4-5 



3-4-5 



l-n3-5 

 1-4-5 



