TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Diving Birds. Order I. Pygopodes .... 1©' 
Grebes. Family Colymbidae .... 11 
Loons. Family Gaviidae 17 
Auks, Murres and Puffins. Family Alcidae 21 
Long-winged Swimmers. Order II. Longipennes 35 
Skuas and Jaegers. Family Stercoraridae 35 
Gulls and Terns. Family Laridae 38 
Skimmers. Family Rynchopidae 58 
Tube-nosed Swimmers. Order III. Tubinares . 59 
Albatrosses. Family Diomedeidae ... 59 
Fulmars, Shearwaters and Petrels. Family Procellariidae 61 
Totipalmate Swimmers. Order IV. Steganopodes 72 
Tropic Birds. Family Phaethontidae 72 
Gannets. Family Sulidae 74 
Darters. Family Anhingidae 77 
Cormorants. Family Phalacrocoracidae 78 
Pelicans. Family Pelecanidae 83 
Man-o’-War Birds. Family Fregatidae 86 
Damellirostral Swimmers. Order V. Anseres 87 
Ducks, Geese and Swans. Family Anatidae 87 
Lamellirostral Grallatores. Order VI. Odontoglossae 115 
Flamingoes. Family Phcenicopteridae 115 
Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. Order VII. Herodiones 115 
Spoonbills. Family Plataleidae ... 115 
Ibises. Family Ibididae 117 
Storks and Wood Ibises. Family Ciconiidae 118 
Herons, Bitterns, etc. Family Ardeidae 119 
Cranes, Rails, etc. Order VIII. Paludicolae 127 
Cranes. Family Gruidae 127 
Courlans. Family Aramidae .... 129 
Rails, Gallinules and Coots. Family Rallidae 131 
Shore Birds. Order IX. Limicolae 137 
Phalaropes. Family Phalaropodidae 137 
Avocets and Stilts. Family Recurvirostridae 139 
Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. Family Scolopacidae 140 
Plovers. Family Charadriidae 161 
Surf Birds and Turnstones. Family Apbrizidae 169 
Oyster-catchers. Family Hsematopodidae 170' 
Jacanas. Family Jacanidae 172 
■^Gallinaceous Birds. Order X. Gallinae ..... 175 
Grouse, Partridges, etc. Family Odontophoridae 175- 
Turkeys. Family Meleagridae ... 178 
Curassows and Guans. Family Cracidae 19t 
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