CONTENTS. 



PA-OB 



INTRODUCTION vii 



KEY TO THE HIGHER GROUPS 1 



Order Pygopodes — The Diving Birds 4 



Family Podicipidas — The Grebes 4 



" Urinatoridse — The Loons 6 



" Aleidffi — The Auks, Murres, etc 8 



Order Longipennes — The Long-winged Swimmers 20 



Family Stercorariidse — The Skuas and Jaegers 20 



" Laridas— The Gulls and Terns 23 



" Rynchopida? — The Skimmers 48 



Order Ttjbinap.es — The Tube-nosed Swimmers 50 



Family Diomedeidae — The Albatrosses 50 



" Proeellariidae — The Fulmars and Shearwaters 53 



Order Steganopodes — The Totipalmate Swimmers 73 



Family Phaathontidse— The Tropic Birds 73 



" Sulidse— The Gannets 74 



" Anhingidse — The Darters 76 



" Phalacrocoracidae — The Cormorants 77 



" Pelecanidae — The Pelicans 81 



" Fregatidse— The Man-o'-War Birds 82 



Order Ansekes — The Lamellirostral Swimmers 84 



Family Anatidse — The Ducks, Geese, and Swans 84 



Order ODONTOGLOSSiE — The Lamellirostral Waders 121 



Family Phcenicopteridas— The Flamingoes ... 121 



Order Herodiones — The Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc 122 



Family Plataleids— The Spoonbills 122 



" Ibididae— The Ibises 123 



" Cieoniidas — The Storks and Wood Ibises 124 



" Ardeidae — The Herons and Bitterns 126 



Order Paltjdicol^: — The Cranes, Rails, etc 134 



Family Gruidas — The Cranes 134 



" Aramidaa — The Courlans 135 



Rallidas— The Rails, Gallinules, Coots, etc 136 



Order Limicol^e— The Shore Birds 143 



Family Phalaropodida? — The Phalaropes . . 143 



" Recurvirostridaa — The Avocets and Stilts 146 



" Scolopaeidae — The Snipes, Sandpipers, etc 147 



" Charadriidse — The Plovers 172 



" Aphrizidse — The Surf Birds and Turnstones 179 



" Haematopodidae — The Oyster-catchers , 181 



" Jacanidse — The Jacanas 183 



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