CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE HI 



INTRODUCTION xi 



PUBLISHERS' NOTE ...... xliv 



CHAPTER I 



Ostrich-like Birds i 



{Orders — Casuarii, Struthlones, Apteryges, 

 Crypturi.) 



CHAPTER II 

 Carinate, or Keel-breasted Birds ... lo 



CHAPTER III 



Diving-birds, Petrels, and Penguins . . 14 

 {Orders — Pygopodes, Tubinares, and Im- 

 pennes.) 



CHAPTER IV 



TOTIPALMATE BiRDS : HeRONS, StORKS, AND 



Flamingoes 23 



{Orders — Steganopodes, Ardes, CIconje, and 

 PhcEnicopteri.) 



CHAPTER V 



Ducks, Geese, and Swans 44 



( Order — Anseres. ) 



V 



