CONTENTS 
List of Plates, 
Introduction, 
Order Pygopodes— Diving Birds, 
Family Podicipidae— The Grebes, 
Urinatoridae— The Loons, • • 
Alcidse— The Auks, Murres and Puffins, 
Oi*der Longipennes— Long-winged Swimmers, 
Family Stercorariidae— The Jaegers, 
Laridae— The Gulls and Terns, 
Rynchopidae— The Skimmers 
Order Tubinares— Tube-nosed Swimmers 
Family Procellariidae— The Shearwaters and Petrels, .... 
Order Steganopodes— Totipalmate Swimmers, 
Family Phalacrocoracidee— The Cormorants, 
Pelecanidae— The Pelicans, 
Order Anseres— Lamellirostral Swimmers 
Family AnatidaB— The Ducks, Geese and Swans, 
Order Herodiones— Herons, Egrets, etc., 
j Family Ibidid®— The Ibises, 
Ciconiidae— The Wood Ibises, . 
Ardeidae— The Herons, Bitterns, etc., 
Order Paludicolae— Rails, Coots, etc,, 
Rallidje— The Rails, Galiinules, etc., 
Order Limicolee— Shore Birds, 
Family Phalaropodidae— The Phalaropes, . 
Scolopacidae— The Snipes, Sandpipers, etc., 
Charadriidas— The Plovers, 
Aphrizidae— The Turnstones, 
Order Gallinae— Gallinaceous Birds, - • . . 
Family Tetraonidae— The Grouse, Partridges, etc., 
Phasianidae— The Turkeys, . 
Order Columbae— Pigeons, 
Family Col umbidie— Pigeons, 
Order Raptores— Birds of Prey, 
Family Cathartidae— The American V ultures, 
Falconidge— The Hawks, Eagles, etc., 
Strigidae— The Barn Owls, ... 
Bubonidae— The Horned Owls, etc., 
Order Coccyges— Cuckoos, etc., 
Family Cuculidas— The Cuckoos, 
Alcedinidae— The Kingfishers, 
Order Pici— Woodpeckers, 
Family Picidae— The Woodpeckers, 
Insects that Woodpeckers eat, 
Order Macrochires— Goatsuckers, Swifts, 
Family Caprimulgidae— The Whip-poor-will and Nighthawk, 
Micropodidae— Swifts, 
Trochilidae— Hummingbirds, 
Order Passeres— Perching Birds, . . 
Family Tyrannidae— The Flycatchers, 
Alaudidae — Larks, 
Corvidae— The Crows and J ays 
Icteridae— The Blackbirds, Orioles, etc., ....... 
Fringillidae— The Finches, Sparrows, etc., 
Tanagridae— The Tanagers, 
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