A Systematic Table of The Birds of North America 



ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE CLASSIFICATION ADOPTED BY 



THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



AND INCLUDING ALL THE ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE 



UNION'S "CHECK-LIST" IN 1886. 



PREPARED BY FRANK M. CHAPMAN, ASS'T. ORNITHOLOGIST 



At the American Museum ok Natural History, New York City. 



ORDER PYGOPODES. DIVING BIRDS. 



FAMILY. 



GENUS. 



SPECIES. 



SUBSPECIES. 



ENGLISH NAMES. 



A. O. U. 



No. 



w 

 

 < 



l6o 

 160 



159 

 l6o 



159 

 l6o 



14 

 l60 

 160 

 176 

 128 

 Il6 



115 

 163 

 163 



163 



139 

 163 

 163 



163 

 162 

 163 



139 

 162 



128 



162 

 115 



162 



94 

 114 



163 



w 

 H 

 <! 



Ph 



106 

 106 

 IO6 

 106 

 IO6 

 IO6 



14 

 IO6 

 IO6 

 Il6 



83 



75 



75 



108 



108 



108 



93 

 108 

 108 

 108 

 107 

 108 



93 

 108 



83 



108 



75 



108 



65 



75 



108 



s 



to 



Podicipidae. Grebes 



^Echmophorus 



Colymbus 



occidentalis 



holboellii 



auritus. 



nigricollis 



dominicus 



podiceps 



imber 



adamsii 



californicus 



glacialis 



Western Grebe . . .£ 



Holbcell's Grebe . ....... 



I 



2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 13* 

 H 

 15 

 16 



17 



18 

 19 

 20 

 21 



23 

 24 

 25 

 26 



27 

 28 



29 

 30 



30* 



3i 



3I a 

 32 



33 

 34 



7 

 6 







Podilymbus 



Urinator 



Horned Grebe 



2 



* 

 Urinatoridae. Loons 



American Eared Grebe. . . 



St. Domingo Grebe 



Pied-billed Grebe 



Loon 



5 

 3 

 4 

 1 





Lunda 



Yellow-billed Loon 



Black-throated Loon. . . . . 

 Pacific Loon 



9 



TO 





arcticus 





pacificus 



lumme 



9 



4 



5 



4 



t6 





Red-throated Loon 



Tufted Puffin 



Alcidae. Auks, Murres, and Puffins. 



cirrhata 



arctica 



corniculata 



monocerata 



aleuticus 



psittaculus 



cristatellus 



pygmaeus 



pusillus 



antiquus 



marmoratus 



kittlitzii 



hypoleucus. 



craveri 



grylle 





Fratercula 



Puffin 





Cerorhinca 



Large-billed Puffin 



Horned Puffin 





californica 



arra 



T 7 





Rhinoceros Auklet 



Cassin's Auklet 



15 

 8 





Ptychorhamphus. . . . 



Cyclorrhynchus 



Simorhynchus 



Synthliboramphus . . 

 Brachyramphus 



Cepphus 





Paroquet Auklet 



T/| 





Crested Auklet 



r 3 





Whiskered Auklet 



Least Auklet 



12 



t8 





Ancient Murrelet 



Marbled Murrelet 



Kittlitz's Murrelet 



Xantus's Murrelet 



Craveri's Murrelet 



Black Guillemot. . 



11 



7 

 9 



3 





Uria. 



mandtii 



columba. , 



troile 



Mandt's Guillemot 



Pigeon Guillemot 



Murre 



8 



2 





Alca 



lomvia 



California Murre 







Brunnich's Murre 



Pallas's Murre 



6 





torda . . 









Razor-billed Auk 



Great Auk 



3 



T 





Plautus 



Alle 



impennis 



alle 





Dovekie 



t8 











ORDER LONGIPENNES. LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY. 



Stercorariidse. Skuas and Jaegers. 



Laridae. Gulls and Terns 



GENUS. 



Megalestris. 

 Stercorarius 



Gavia 



Rissa. ...... 



Larus 



SPECIES. 



skua 



pomarinus . 

 parasiticus. . 

 longicaudus 



alba 



tridactyla. . 



brevirostris , 



glaucus 



barrovianus, 

 leucopterus. 

 glaucescens 

 kumlieni. . . 



nelsoni 



marinus .... 



SUBSPECIES. 



pollicaris 



ENGLISH NAMES. 



Skua 



Pomarine Jaeger 



Parasitic Jaeger 



Long-tailed Jaeger .... 



Ivory Gull 



Kittiwake. 



Pacific Kittiwake 



Red-legged Kittiwake . 



• Glaucous Gull 



Point Barrow Gull 



Iceland Gull 



Glaucous-winged Gull. 



Kumlien's Gull 



Nelson's Gull 



Great Black-backed Gul 



A. O. U. 



No. 



H 

 O 

 < 



H 



< 



n 







CM 



Ut 



35 





36 



177 



Il6 



17 



37 



l62 



IO8 



4 



38 



177 



Il6 



18 



39 



176 



Il6 



1 



40 



94 



66 



1 



40* 



176 



116 



14 



41 









42 



176 



116 



7 



42 bis 









43 



176 



116 



6 



44 



176 



116 



5 



45 









46 









47 



113 



74 



3 



