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CHAPTER XXI.— ORDER OF BIRDS OF PREY RAPTORES 218 



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 in-Owl Family 218 I Hawks and Eagles 225 



:NED-OwL FAMILY 220 I VULTURE FAMILY 232 



CHAPTER XXII.— ORDER OF PIGEONS AND DOVES . . . COLUMBAE 237 



CHAPTER XXIII.— ORDER OF UPLAND GAME-BIRDS . . . GALLINAE 241 

 Grouse Family 242 | Pheasant Family 250 



CHAPTER XXIV.— ORDER OF SHORE-BIRDS LIMICOLAE 251 



CHAPTER XXV.— ORDER OF CRANES, RAILS, AND COOTS . PALUDICOLAE 255 

 Crane Family 255 | Family or Rails 257 



CHAPTER XXVI.— ORDER OF HERONS, STORKS, AND IBISES HERODIONES 259 



"eron Family 259 I Ibis Family 263 



bk Family 263 I Spoonbill Family 264 



CHAPTER XXVII— ORDER OF FLAMINGOES . . . ODONTOGLOSSAE 266 



CHAPTER XXVIII.— ORDER OF DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS . AN ATI DAE 267 

 Orders of Swimming Birds . . . 267 | An Object Lesson in Bird Protection . 276 



CHAPTER XXIX— ORDER OF FULLY WEB-FOOTED BIRDS STEGANOPODES 284 



Pelican Family 284 



Cormorant Family 287 



Darter Family 287 



Gannet Family 288 



Man-o'-War-Bibd Family .... 290 



CHAPTER XXX.— ORDER OF TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS . . TUB1NARES 292 

 Albatross Family 292 | Fulmar Family 294 



CHAPTER XXXI.— ORDER OF LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS . . LONGIPENNES 296 



Gulls and Terns 296 I Skua and Jaeger Family .... 299 



Skimmer Family 298 I 



CHAPTER XXXII.— ORDER OF WEAK-WINGED DIVING BIRDS PYGOPODES 300 



Grebe Family 300 I Cliff-Dwellers of the Sea . . . 302 



Loon Family 301 I 



CHAPTER XXXIIL— ORDER OF FLIGHTLESS DIVERS . . . 1MPENNES 307 



CHAPTER XXXIV— ORDER OF WINGLESS LAND BIRDS . . RATITAE 309 



BOOK III— REPTILES 



CHAPTER XXXV.— INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASS OF REPTILES . . .313 



Orders of Living Reptiles ..... 314 



