CONTENTS 
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List of Plates,. vii 
Introduction,. xi 
Order Pygopodes—Diving Birds. 1 
Family Podicipidae—The Grebes,. 1 
Urinatoridae—The Loons. 6 
Alcidae—The Auks, Murres and Puffins,. 8 
Order Longipennes—Long-winged Swimmers,. 10 
Family Stercorariidae—The Jaegers,. 10 
Laridae—The Gulls and Terns,. 13 
Rynchopidae—The Skimmers. 24 
Order Tubinares—Tube-nosed Swimmers,.<,. 25 
Family Procellariidae—The Shearwaters and Petrels,. 25 
Order Steganopodes—Totipalmate Swimmers, . 28 
Family Phalacrocoracidae—The Cormorants,. 28 
Pelecanida?—The Pelicans,. 29 
Order Anseres—Lamellirostral Swimmers,. 30 
Family Anatidae—The Ducks, Geese and Swans,... 30 
Order Herodiones— Herons, Egrets, etc.,. 53 
Family Ibididae—The Ibises,. 53 
Ciconiidae—The Wood Ibises,. 53 
Ardeidae—The Herons, Bitterns, etc., . . *. 54 
Order Paludicolae— Rails, Coots, etc.,. 67 
Rallidae—The Rails, Gallinules, etc.,. 67 
Order Limicolae—Shore Birds,. 75 
Family Phalaropodidae—The Phalaropes,. 75 
Scolopacidae—The Snipes, Sandpipers, etc.,. 77 
Charadriidae—The Plovers,. 97 
Aphrizidae—The Turnstones,. 103 
Order Gallinae—Gallinaceous Birds,. 104 
Family Tetraonidae—The Grouse. Partridges, etc.,. 104 
Phasianidae—The Turkeys,. 109 
Order Columbae— Pigeons, ... 110 
Family Columbidae—Pigeons,. 110 
Order Raptores—Birds of Prey, . 114 
Family Cathartidae—The American Vultures,. 114 
Falconidae—The Hawks, Eagles, etc.,. 117 
Strigidae—The Barn Owls,. 144 
Bubonidae—The Horned Owls, etc .. 146 
Order Coccyges—Cuckoos, etc., . 159 
Family Cuculidae—The Cuckoos,. 159 
Alcedinidae—The Kingfishers,. 162 
Order Pici—Woodpeckers, ... 164 
Family Picidae—The Woodpeckers,.164 
Insects that Woodpeckers eat. 176 
Order Macrochires—Goatsuckers, Swifts,. 178 
Family Caprimulgidae—The Whip-poor-will and Nighthawk,. 178 
Micropodidae—Swifts. 182 
Trochilidae—Hummingbirds, . 183 
Order Passeres—Perching Birds, . . .. 186 
Family Tyrannidae—The Flycatchers,. 186 
Alaudidae—Larks, . 197 
Corvidae—The Crows and Jays.* . . 198 
Icteridae—The Blackbirds, Orioles, etc.,. 205 
Fringillidae— The Finches, Sparrows, etc., .. 224 
Tanagridae—The Tanagers,. 250 
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