Contents. 



Family Larid^. Gulls and Terns 



Subfamily Larin^e. Gulls 



Subfamily Sternin^. Terns 

 Family Anhingid^. Darters, Snake Birds 

 Family Phalacrocoracid^. Cormorants 

 Family Pelecanid^. Pelicans . 

 Family Fregatid^. Man-of-war Birds 

 Index to Key to Family AnatidjE 

 Family Anatid^. Ducks, Geese, and Swans 



Subfamily Merging. Mergansers, Sheldrakes 



Subfamily Anatin^. River and Pond Ducks 



Subfamily FuligulinjE. Bay and Sea Ducks 



Subfamily Anserine. Geese 



Subfamily Cygnin^e. Swans 



Family Plataleid^. Spoonbills 



Family Ibidid^. Ibises 



Family Ciconiid^. Storks and Wood Ibises 

 Family Ardeid^. Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns 



Family Gruid^. Cranes . 



Family Aramid^e. Courlans, Limpkins 



Family Rallid^. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 



Subfamily Rallin^. Rails 



Subfamily Gallinulin^. Gallinules . 



Subfamily Fulicin^. Coots 



Family Phalaropodid^. Phalaropes .... 



Family Recurvirostrid^e. Avocets and Stilts . 



Index to Key to Family Scolopacid^ 



Family Scolopacid.*. Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, 



Family Charadriid^. Plovers 



Family Aphrizid^e. Turnstones 



Index to Key to Families. Land Birds 



Key to Families of Land Birds 



Group i. Birds having wings less than 1.75 inches long; 

 measured bend of wing (carpus) to tip of longest 

 feather . . . . 



Group 2. Birds having wings 1.75 to 2.75 inches long . 

 Section i. First primary, less than half as long as 



third . . 



Part I. Tip of upper mandible with small but 



distinct hook or notch 



Part 2. Upper mandible without notch or hook 

 at tip . . 



ETC 



43, 288 

 43, 289 

 47, 297 

 5°. 307 



51, 308 



52, 311 

 S3, 314 



54 

 S6, 316 

 S6, 316 

 S8, 319 

 62, 331 



71, 347 

 73, 3S4 



75, 3S7 



76, 3S8 



77, 360 



78, 362 



84, 37S 



85, 379 

 86, 380 



87,381 

 89, 386 

 89, 387 

 93, 389 



95, 392 



91 



96, 395 

 III, 425 

 114, 430 



115 

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117 

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117 



117 



118 



