CONTENTS. 



Vll 



CHAPTER II. 

 DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS, AND PELICANS. 



PAGE 



Mallard 213 



Goose — 



PAGE 



Golden eyed Garrot . 





. 226 



White-fronted Bernicle . 



• 249 



Pochard 





. 227 



Brent . 



. 250 



Shoveller . 







. 228 



Swan . 



• 250 



Shieldrake 







. 229 



Whistling 



• 252 



Eider Duck 







. 230 



Black . 



• 255 



Common Teal 







• 233 



Flamingo . 



• 256 



Velvet Duck 







• 235 



Frigate Bird 



• 258 



Black Scoter 







• • 236 



Pelicanidae 



. 260 



Surf Duck 







• 239 



Tropic Bird 



. 261 



Goosander 







. 240 



Darters 



. 263 



Smew 







. 241 



Gannets 



. 264 



Goose 







. 242 



Cormorant 



. 266 



Wild . 







. 244 



Green Connorant 



. 269 



Guylag . 







• 245 



Pelicans 



. 270 



Bean 







. 246 



Crested . 



. 272 



Domestic 







. 246 



White . 



■ 274 



Canadian 







. 248 



Brown . 



• 275 



Bernicle 







. 248 



Spectacled 



. 276 



CHAPTER III. 





THE LARID^E. 





Longipennes . . . . 277 | Lesser Tern 



. 280 



Terns 







. 278 



Scissors-bill 



. 281 



Gulls and Allied Species 



282 



Palmidactyles 

 Macrodactyles 

 Longirostres 



Tetraonidae 

 Perdicides . 

 Tinamides . 

 Chionida^ . 

 Megapodinae 



Parrots 

 Toucans 



CHAPTER IV. 



GRALLATORES, OR WADING BIRDS. 



Cultrirostres 



Extinct Brevipennae 



293 

 296 



305 



Pressirostres 

 Brevipennes 



367 



CHAPTER V. 



GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 



371 



375 

 393 

 394 

 394 



Phasianidae 

 Columbidae 

 Colombi-Gallines 

 Colombes . 

 Colombars 



CHAPTER VI. 



SCANSORES OR CLIMBERS. 



. 431 I Cuckoos . 

 . 440 I Woodpeckers 

 Jacamars 453 



325 

 343 

 353 



397 

 421 

 422 

 423 

 43o 



443 

 449 



