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Order Coccyges: Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc 120 



Family Alcedinidae: Kingfishers 1 20 



Family Cucuhdae : Cuckoos 1 22 



Order Raptores: Birds of Prey 123 



Family Bubonidae: Horned Owls, Hoot Owls, etc. 123 



Family Strigidae: Barn Owls 1 26 



Family Falconidae: Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. . 127 



Order Columb^: Pigeons and Doves 135 



Family Columbidae: Pigeons and Doves 1 35 



Order Galling: Gallinaceous Birds 137 



Family Tetraonidae: Grouse, Bob-whites, etc 137 



Order Limicol^: Shore Birds 141 



Family Charadriidae : Plovers 141 



Family Scolopacidae : Snipes, Sandpipers, etc 142 



Order Paludicol^: Coots, Rails, etc 148 



Family Rallidae : Rails, Coots, etc 1 48 



Order Herodiones: Herons, Bitterns, etc 150 



Family Ardeidae: Herons, Bitterns, etc 150 



Order Anseres: Lamellirostral Swimmers 154 



Family Anatidae: Ducks, Geese, etc 154 



Order Longipennes: Long-winged Swimmers. ... 159 



Family Laridae: Gulls and Terns 1 59 



Order Pygopodes: Diving Birds 161 



Family Alcidae : Murres, etc 161 



Family Gaviidae: Loons 161 



Family Podicipidae: Grebes 1 62 



Birds of Washington Park 1 64 



Hypothetical List 1 66 



Systematic Table 1 67 



Index 171 



