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THE SWIMMERS (Natatores).— Continued. 



The Geese (Anseres) :— The Spur-winged Goose— The Grey, or Wild Goose — The Canada Goose— The Snow 

 Goose. The Sea Geese (Bernida) :— The Brent Goose. The Foxy Geese (Chenalopex) :— The Nile 

 Goose. The Dwarf Geese (Nettapus) :— The White-bodied Goose Teal— The Cereopsis Goose . 129-143 



The Ducks (Anates) :— The Ruddy Sheldrake, or Brahminy Duck. The Sheldrakes (Vulpanser) :— The 

 Common Sheldrake. The Tree Ducks (Dendrocygna) :— The Widow Duck— The Wild Duck— The 

 Wood or Summer Duck — The Chinese Teal, or Mandarin Duck— The Shoveler Duck— The Musk Duck. 

 The Diving Ducks (Fuligulce). The Eider Ducks (Somateria) :— The True Eider Duck, or St. 

 Cuthbert's Duck— The King Eider. The Western or Steller's Eider Duck [Somateria or Henkondta 

 Stellerii). The Scoters ( Oidemia) :— The Velvet Scoter. The Fen Ducks (Aythyd) :— The Red- 

 headed Duck, Dunbird, or Pochard. The Pin-tailed Ducks (Erismaturd) :— The White-headed Pin- 

 tailed Duck i43-»70 



The Mergansers, or Goosanders (Mergi) :— The White-headed Goosander— The Green-headed Goosander 170-174 



THE SEA-FLIERS (Longipennes). 



The Terns, or Sea Swallows (Sterncs). The Rapacious Terns (Sylochelidon) :— The Caspian Tern. 

 The River Terns (Sterna) :— The Common Tern— The Lesser Tern. The Water Swallows 

 (Hydrochelidon) :— The Black Marsh Tern— The White-winged Tern— The White bearded Tern— The 

 White or Silky Tern— The Noddy I7S" iS 5 



The Scissor-bills {Rhynchopes) : — The Indian Scissor-bill 1S5, 186 



The Gulls (Lari) :— The Fishing Gulls— The Great Black-backed Gulls— The Lesser Black-backed or Yellow- 

 legged Gull — The Herring Gull — The Large or Glaucous White-winged Gull — The Lesser White-winged 

 Gull. The Ice Gulls (Pagophild) :— The Ivory Gull 1S6-104 



The Kittiwakes (Rissd). The Black-headed Gulls (Cliroicocephahis) :— The Laughing Gull— The Great 



Black-headed Gull— The Lesser Black-headed Gull— The Little Gull 194-19S 



The Skuas (Leslres) :— The Common Skua— Buffon's or the Parasite Skua— Ross's Rosy Gull . . . 19S-203 



The Petrels, or Storm Birds (Procellarida:).— The Albatrosses (Diomtdac) :— The Wandering Albatross— 

 The Yellow-billed Albatross— The Sooty Albatross. The True Petrels (JProcellarue) :— The Giant 

 Petrel— The Fulmar Petrel— The Cape Petrel— The Broad-billed Prion, or Duck Petrel. The Storm 

 Petrels (Oceanidcs) :— The Common Storm Petrel— Leach's Storm Petrel 203-217 



The Puffins (Piijjini) :— The Manx Puffin, or Shearwater 217,218 



