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CHAPTER IX.— ORDER OF WHALES AND PORPOISES .... CETE 146 
Page I Sperm Whale Family . . . . .148 
Family of Baleen Whales . . . 147 I Dolphin and Porpoise Family . . . 149 
CHAPTER X.— ORDER OF SEA-COWS SIREN I A 153 
Family of Manatees ..... 153 ! I Family of the Rhytina .... 154 
Family of Dugongs ..... 154 I 
CHAPTER XL— ORDER OF TOOTHLESS MAMMALS .... EDENTATA 156 
Armadillo Family 156 I Sloth Family 159 
Family of Ant-Eaters . . . . 158 I 
CHAPTER XII.— ORDER OF DIGGERS ...... EFFODIEN T1A 161 
Pangolin Family . . . . . . 161 | Aard-Vark Family . . . . .162 
CHAPTER XIII.— ORDER OF POUCHED MAMMALS . . . MARSUPIALIA 163 
Kangaroo Family 164 | Opossum Family 165 
CHAPTER XIV.— ORDER OF EGG-LAYING MAMMALS . . MONOTREMATA 167 
Duck-Bill Family 167 | Echidna Family 
BOOK II— BIRDS 
CHAPTER XV.— INTRODUCTION TO THE BIRD-WORLD ...... 17 
Decrease in Bird Life 
. 171 
Orders of Living Birds 
. I/O 
CHAPTER XVI.— ORDER OF 
PERCHERS AND SINGERS 
. PASSE RES 179 
Thrush Family .... 
. 181 
Waxwing Family . 
. 192 
Kinglet Family .... 
. 183 
Swallow Family . 
. 19L 
Nuthatch and Titmouse Family 
. 184 
Tanager Family . 
. 194 
Tree-Creeper Family . 
. 185 
Finch and Sparrow Family . . .195 
Wrens and Cat-Birds 
. 186 
Blackbird Family 
. 199 
Dipper Family .... 
. 187 
Crow Family 
.202 
Warbler Family .... 
. 188 
Horned Lark Family . 
. 206 
Vireo Family . 
. 191 
Flycatcher Family 
. 206 
Shrike Family .... 
. 191 
CHAPTER XVII.— ORDER OF 
ODD FAMILIES .... 
MACROCHI RES 207 
Goatsucker Family 
. 207 
Humming-Bird Family . 
. 208 
Swift Family .... 
. 208 
CHAPTER XVIII.— ORDER OF WOODPECKERS . 
. PICI 210 
CHAPTER XIX.— ORDER OF 
CUCKOOS AND KINGFISHERS 
. COCCYGES 214 
Cuckoo Family . . . . 
. 214 
Kingfisher Family 
. 215 
CHAPTER XX.— ORDER OF PARROTS AND MACAWS 
. PSITTACI 216 
