TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Introduction by G. O. Shields 



Preface .... 



List of Colored Plates . 



Part I. Water Birds . 

 Diving Birds . 

 The Grebes 

 The Loons 

 Aulcs, Murres, Puffins, etc, 



Long-winged Swimmers 

 Jaegers and Skuas . 

 Gulls 



Terns, or Sea Swallows 

 Skimmers 



Tube-nosed Swimmers . 

 Shearwaters . 

 Petrels 



Fully Webbed Swimmers 

 Cormorants 



Plate-billed Swimmers . 



Mergansers, or Fishing Ducks 



River and Pond Ducks 



Sea and Bay Ducks 



Geese 



Swans 



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