CONTENTS. xiii 



PAGB 



Genus Tringa or Cleft-footed Sandpipers 253 



Tringa canutus. — Knot .... . 254 



,, subarquata. — Curlew Sandpiper . . 259 



„ alpina. — Dunlin .... . 262 



„ fuscicollis. — Bonaparte's Sandpiper . 266 



„ maritima. — Purple Sandpiper . . . 268 



„ platyrhyncha. — Broad-billed Sandpiper . 272 

 „ acuminata pectoralis. — American Pectoral 



Sandpiper 275 



„ acummata. — Siberian Pectoral Sandpiper . xv 



,, minuta. — Little Stint 278 



„ subminuta minutilla. — American Stint . 282 



„ temmincki. — Temminck's Stint . 285 



„ arenaria. — Sanderling . . . 288 



„ rufescens. — Buff-breasted Sandpiper . 292 



Genus Scolopax or Snipes and Woodcocks . 295 



Scolopax rusticola. — Woodcock . . 296 



„ major. — Great Snipe . 302 



„ gallinago. — Common Snipe . 305 



„ gallinula. — Jack Snipe . . 310 



Order ANSERIFORMES. 



Family ANATID^E, or SWANS, GEESE, and DUCKS 



Subfamily CYGNIN^ or SWANS .... 



Genus' Cygnus or Swans 



Cygnus musicus. — Hooper Swan 

 „ bewicki. — Bewick's Swan . 

 „ olor. — Mute Swan 



.314 



315 



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 327 



Subfamily ANSERINyE or GEESE . 



Genus Anser or Typical Geese .... 



Anser hyperboreus. — Lesser Snow Goose . 328 



„ segetum. — Bean Goose .... 331 



„ brachyrhynchus. — Pink-footed Goose . . 333 



„ cinereus. — Gray Lag Goose . . - 335 



„ albifrons.— White-fronted Goose . . . 339 

 „ albifrons minutus. — Lesser White-fronted 



Goose 342 



