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Case 24. Coot {Fulica atra), Red Phalarope ( Pha - 
laropus hyperboreus ), Gray Phalarope (P. lobatus), 
Crested Grebe {Podiceps cristatus), Red-necked Grebe 
(P. rubricollis), Horned Grebe (P. cornutus ), Eared 
Grebe (P. auritus), Dabchick (P. minor). 
The Web-footed Birds {Palmipedes) have short 
feet, with the three toes before, united by a web, and 
the hinder jointed on the inner side of the tarsus, or 
wholly wanting. Form of the bill various. 
Cases 25—42. Sandwich Tern {Sterna Boysii ), 
Tern {S. hirundo), Black Tern {S. nigra), Gull-billed 
Tern {S. Anglica), Lesser Tern {S. minuta), Caspian Tern 
(S.caspia), Glaucous Gull {Larusglaucus), Black-backed 
Gull {L. mar inns), Ivory-billed Gull {L. eburneus ), Com¬ 
mon Gull {L. canus ), Kittiwake {L. tridactylus), Black¬ 
headed Gull {L. ridibundus ), Skua Gull {L. cataractes ), 
Fulmar Petrel {Procellaria glacialis ), Stormy Petrel (P. 
pelagica), Leach’s Petrel (P. Leachii ), Puffin (P. pnjjinus ), 
Goose {Anserferns), Bernacle Goose {Anas leucopsis), 
Brent Goose {Anas Bernicla ), Red-breasted Goose {A. 
ruficollis ), Wild Swan (v4. cygnns), Tame Swan (.4. olor), 
Bewick’s Swan {Cygnus Bemclcii Yarr.), Shieldrake 
{A. tadorna ), Wild Duck (^4. Gadwall (^4. 
strepera ), Pintail {A. acuta), Wigeon (4. Penelope), 
Shoveller (^4. clypeata), Garganey (^4. querquedula), 
Teal (^4. crecca), Eider Duck {A. mollissima). Scoter 
{A. nigra), Long-tailed Duck {A. glacialis). Scaup 
Duck {A. marila), Pochard {A* ferina). Red-crested 
Duck {A. ruftna), Golden Eye {A. clangula ), Tufted 
Duck {A. fidigula ), Goosander (Mergus merganser ), 
Merganser {M. serrator). Smew {M. albellus ), Cor¬ 
morant {Pelicanus carbo). Shag (P. graculus), Gannet 
{Sula alba). Northern Diver {Colymbits glacialis). Black- 
throated Diver {C. arcticus), Red-throated Diver {C. 
septentrionalis), Lesser Guillemot {Uria Troile ), Black 
Guillemot {U. grylle). Little Auk {U. able), Razorbill 
{Alca torda), Great Auk {A. impennis). 
Cases 19 — 22. These two small tables contain 
a small collection of Birds’ Eggs, chiefly British, 
arranged 
ROOM XII. 
Nat. Hist. 
