784 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. 
APPENDIX 5. 
OUTLINE OF CLASSIFICATION OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
From the second edition of the Check List of North American Birds prepared for 
the American Ornithologists’ Union. 
Order I. PYGOPODES, Diving Birds. 
Family 1. Colymbidz, Grebes. 
Family 2. Gaviide, Loons. 
Family 3. Alcide, Auks and Murres. 
Order II. LONGIPENNES, Long-winged Swimmers. 
Family 4. Stercorariide, Gull-chasers. 
Family 5. Laride, Gulls and Terns. 
Family 6. Rynchopide, Skimmers (not found in Michigan). 
Order III. TUBINARES, Tube-nosed Swimmers (not found in Michigan). 
Family 7. Diomedeide, Albatrosses (not found in Michigan). 
Family 8. Procellariide, Fulmars, Shearwaters, and Petrels (not 
found in Michigan). 
Order IV. STEGANOPODES, Totipalmate Swimmers. 
Family 9. Phaethontide, Tropic-birds (not found in Michigan). 
Family 10. Sulide, Gannets. 
Family 11. Anhingidz, Darters (not found in Michigan). 
Family 12. Phalacrocoracide, Cormorants. 
Family 13. Pelecanide, Pelicans. 
Family 14. Fregatide, Man-o’-War-Birds (not found in Michigan). 
Order V. ANSERES, Swans, Ducks and Geese. 
Family 15. Anatidz, Swans, Ducks and Geese. 
Order VI. ODONTOGLOSSAi, Lamellirostral Grallatores (not found 
in Michigan). 
Family 16. Phoenicopterida, Flamingoes (not found in Michigan). 
Order VII. HERODIONES, Herons, Ibises, Storks. 
Family 17. Plataleidz, Spoonbills (not found in Michigan). 
Family 18. Ibididz, Ibises. 
Family 19. Ciconiide, Storks and Wood Ibises. 
Family 20. Ardeidz, Herons, Bitterns, etc. 
