TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Pai;e 



Diving Birds. Order I. Pygopodes 1 



Grebes. Family Podieipidre 1 



Loons. Family Gaviidfe 5 



Auks, Murres and Puffins. Family Aleidaj 11 



Long-winged Swimmers. Order II. Longipennes 28 



Skuas and Jaegers. Family Stercorariilte 23 



Gulls and Terns. Family Laridse 25 



Skimmers. Family Rynehopidfe 45 



Tube-nosed Swimmers. Order III. Tubinares 45 



Albatrosses. Family Diomedeidte 45 



Fulmars and Shearwaters. Family Procellariidje 47 



Totipalmate Swimmers. Order IV. Steganopodes 55 



Tropic Birds. Family Phajthontidaj ,55 



Gannets. Family Sulidse 57 



Darters. Family Anhingida= (iO 



Cormorants. Family Phalacrocoracidie HO 



Pelicans. Family Peleeanidas (i5 



Man-o'-War Birds. Family Fregatidte t;7 



Lamellirostral Swimmers. Order V. Anseres (i7 



Ducks, Geese and Swans. Family Anatidaj t)7 



Lamellirostral Grallatores. Order VI. Odontoglossae 89 



Flamingoes. Family Phienicopterida? 8!) 



Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. Order VII. Herodiones 8!) 



Spoonbills. Family Plataleida? 8',) 



Ibises. Family Ibididse DO 



Storks and Wood Ibises. Family Ciconiidas 1)2 



Herons, Bitterns, etc. Family Ardeidaj 02 



Cranes, Rails, etc. Order VIII. Paludicola? 09 



Cranes. Familj' Gruidse 00 



Courlans. Family Aramidfe. . . .^ 102 



Rails, Gallinulea and Coots. Family Raliid* 103 



Shore Birds. Order IX. Limicolse 107 



Phalaropes. Family Phalaropodidae 107 



Avooets and Stilts. Family Kecurvirostridse. 109 



Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. Family Scolopacidse 110 



Plovers. Family Charadriidaj . , ... 120 



SurJ Birds and Turnstones. Family Aphrizidae 131 



Oyster-catchers. Family Htematopodidse.. 132 



.Jacanas. Family Jacanida? 1,33 



