TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Introduction by G. 0. Shields 



Preface .... 



List of Colored Plates . 



Part I. Water Birds . 

 Diving Birds . 

 The Grebes 

 The Loons 

 Auks, Murres, Puffins, etc. 



Long-winged Swimmers 

 Jaegers and Sliuas . 

 Gulls .... 

 Terns, or Sea Swallows . 

 Skimmers 



Tube-nosed Swimmers . 

 Shearwaters . 

 Petrels .... 



Fully Webbed Swimmers 

 Cormorants 



Plate-billed Swimmers . 



Mergansers, or Fishing Ducks 

 River and Pond Ducks . 

 Sea and Bay Ducks 

 Geese .... 

 Swans .... 



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