CONTENTS ix 



Hebons, etc. : Order Herodiones 

 Herons and Bitterns : Family Ardeidae .... 280 



Ducks, Geese, Swans : Order Anseres 

 Ducks, Geese, Swans : Family Anatidee .... 286 



Cormorants, Gannets, etc. : Order Steganopodes 



Cormorants : Family Fhalacrocoracidsa . . . 310 

 Gannets : Family Sulidse 311 



Petrels, Shearwaters, etc. : Order Tubinares 

 Petrels and Shearwaters : Family ProceUariidse . . 312 



Terns, Gulls, and Jaegers : Order Longipennes 



Gulls and Terns : Family Laridse 316 



Jaegers : Family Stercorariidae 328 



Diving Birds : Order Pygopodes 



Auks, Murres, and PufBns : Family Alcidse . . . 329 



Loons : Family Gariidse 333 



Grebes : Family Fodicipidae 335 



APPENDIX 



A. Lists of Birds breeding in the three Life-Zones 



OF New England and Eastern New York . 341 



B. Books of Reference 347 



INDEX 351 



