CONTENTS. VII 



Paoe 



Family Phalaropodidae, Phalaropes 428 



Scolopacidse, Snipes 430 



Sub-family Tringinse, Sandpipers .... 440 



Sub-Family Totaninae, Stilts 451 



Family Paludicolaa. Swamp Inhabiters 470 



Sub-Family Rallinae, Rails 470 



ORDER VI.— NATATORES, SWIMMERS. 



Sub-Order Anseres 480 



Family Anatidae . ... 480 



Sub-Family Cygninae, Swans ...... . 480 



Anserinae, Geese . . 481 



Anatinae, River-Ducks . 487 



Fuligulinae, Sea-Ducks 503 



Merginae, Sheldrakes 525 



Family Sulidae, Gannets ... 532 



Graculidae, Cormorants ... . . 534 



Laridte, Gulls . . . 537 



Sub-Family Lestridinae, Skua-Gulls 537 



Larinae, Gulls proper 539 



Sterninae, Terns 545 



Sub-Order Gavise 532 



Family ProcellaridaB, Petrels ... . 552 



Colymbidae, Divers . 555 



Sub-Family Colymbinae, Loons . . . . 555 



PodicipinEB, Grebes . . . 558 



Family Alcidas ... ... 564 



Sub-Family Alcinae, Auks . . 5G4 



TTrinae, Guillemots 5C7 



Appbnt>ix 575 



Supplement (from Holder's American Fauna) 584 



Index op Common Names 594 



Index of Scientific Names 598 



