CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER XXI.— ORDER OF BIRDS OF PREY . 
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Barn-Owl Family 218 I Hawks and Eagles 
Horned-Owl Family 220 I Vulture Family . 
CHAPTER XXII.— ORDER OF PIGEONS AND DOVES 
CHAPTER XXIII.— ORDER OF UPLAND GAME-BIRDS 
Grouse Family 242 | Pheasant Family 
CHAPTER XXIV.— ORDER OF SHORE-BIRDS . 
CHAPTER XXV.— ORDER OF CRANES, RAILS, AND COOTS 
Crane Family 255 | Family of Rails . 
CHAPTER XXVI.— ORDER OF HERONS, STORKS, AND IBISES 
Heron Family 259 I Ibis Family . 
Stork Family 263 I Spoonbill Family 
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. RAPT ORES 218 
. 225 
. 232 
. COLUMBAE 237 
. GALLINAE 241 
. 250 
. LI M ICO LAE 251 
PALUDICOLAE 255 
. 257 
HERODIONES 259 
. 263 
. 264 
CHAPTER XXVII.— ORDER OF FLAMINGOES . . . ODONTOGLOSSAE 266 
CHAPTER XXVIII.— ORDER OF DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS . ANATIDAE 267 
Orders of Swimming Birds . . . 267 | An Object Lesson in Bird Protection . 276 
CH APTER XXIX.— ORDER OF FULLY WEB-FOOTED BIRDS STEGANOPODES 284 
Pelican Family 284 Gannet Family 288 
Cgamorant Family 287 Man-o’-War-Bird Family .... 290 
Darter Family ...... 287 
CHAPTER XXX.— ORDER OF TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS . . TUBINARES 292 
Albatross Family 292 | Fulmar Family 294 
CHAPTER XXXI.— ORDER OF LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS . . LONGIPENNES 296 
Gulls and Terns 296 I Skua and Jaeger Family .... 299 
Skimmer Family ...... 298 l 
CHAPTER XXXII.— ORDER OF WEAK-WINGED DIVING BIRDS PYGOPODES 300 
Grebe Family 300 I Cliff-Dwellers of the Sea . . . 302 
Loon Family 301 I 
CHAPTER XXXIII.— 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 
Orders of Living Reptiles ........ 
. 313 
. 314 
