CONTENTS .xi 



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 CHAPTER XXI.— ORDER OF BIRDS OF PREY RAPTORES 218 



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Barn-Owl Family . ... 218 1 Hawks and Eagles 225 



Horned-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 of Rails 257 



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



Heron Family 259 I Ibis Family 263 



Stork Family . . . 263 I Spoonbill Family 264 



CHAPTER XXVII.— ORDER OF FLAMINGOES . . . ODONTOGLOSSAE 266- 



CHAPTER XXVIIL— ORDER OF DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS ' . AN AT ID AE 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-Bird Family . . . .290 



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

 Albatross Family . . . . 292 | Fulmar Family ... . . 294 



CHAPTER XXXL— 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 WEA!K-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 . . , IMPENNES 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 



