Part 2

THE CURLEWS (Numenii):--The Great Curlew, or Whaap--The Hard-billed Waders--The Ibises--The Falcinels--The Glossy Ibis--The Scarlet Ibis--The White, Egyptian, or Sacred Ibis 51-58

THE SPOONBILLS (Plataleæ):--The Common Spoonbill. The BOAT-BILLS (Cancromata):--The Whale-headed Stork, or Shoe-beak--The Savaku, or Boat-bill--The Hammer-head, or Shadow Bird 58-63

THE STORKS (Ciconiæ):--The Tantali--The Ibis-like Tantalus--The True Storks--The White or House Stork--The Simbil--The Senegal Jabiru--The Jabiru 63-74

THE ADJUTANTS, ARGALAS, OR MARABOUS (Leptoptilos) The African Marabou--The Indian Adjutant, or Argala 74, 75

THE CLAPPER-BILLED STORKS, OR SHELL-EATERS (Anastomus):--The African Clapper-bill, or Shell-eater 75,76

THE HERONS (Ardeæ):--The Common Heron--The Giant Heron. The WHITE HERONS (Herodias):--The Great White Heron--The Lesser Egret--The Cattle Heron--The Night Heron 76-83

THE BITTERNS (Ardetta):--The Little Bittern--The Common Bittern--The Sun Bittern, or Peacock Heron 83-87

THE MARSH-WADERS (Paludicolæ). The CRANES (Grues):--The Common Crane--The Demoiselle, or Numidian Crane. The AFRICAN CROWNED CRANES (Balearica):--The Crowned African or Peacock Crane. The FIELD STORKS (Arvicolæ). The SNAKE CRANES (Dicholophus):--The Brazilian Cariama, or Crested Screamer 87-94

THE TRUMPETERS (Psophia):--The Agami, or Gold-breasted Trumpeter. The SCREAMERS (Palamedeæ):--The Aniuma, or Horned Screamer--The Chauna, or Tschaja 94-98

THE RAILS (Ralli). The SNIPE RAILS (Rhynchæa):--The Golden Rail, or Painted Cape Snipe--The Water Rail--The ARAMIDES (Aramides):--The Serrakura--The Land Rail, or Corn Crake. The JACANAS (Parræ):--The Chilian Jacana--The Chinese Jacana 98-103

THE WATER-HENS (Gallinulæ). The GALLINULES (Porphyrio):--The Hyacinthine Porphyrio--The Purple Gallinule. The WATER-HENS (Stagnicola):--The Common Gallinule, or Moor-hen 103-110

THE COOTS (Fulica):--The Common Coot--The Finfoots--The Surinam Finfoot, or Picapare 110-113

THE SWIMMERS (Natatores).

THE SIEVE BEAKS (Lamellirostres). The FLAMINGOES (Phœnicopteri). The SWANS (Cygni):--The Mute Swan--The Whistling Swan--Bewick's Swan--The Black-necked Swan--The Black Swan 114-129

THE GEESE (Anseres):--The Spur-winged Goose--The Grey, or Wild Goose--The Canada Goose--The Snow Goose. The SEA GEESE (Bernicla):--The Brent Goose. The FOXY GEESE (Chenalopex):--The Nile Goose. The DWARF GEESE (Nettapus):--The White-bodied Goose Teal--The Cereopsis Goose 129-143

THE DUCKS (Anates):--The Ruddy Sheldrake, or Brahminy Duck. The SHELDRAKES (Vulpanser):--The Common Sheldrake. The TREE DUCKS (Dendrocygna):--The Widow Duck--The Wild Duck--The Wood or Summer Duck--The Chinese Teal, or Mandarin Duck--The Shoveler Duck--The Musk Duck. The DIVING DUCKS (Fuligulæ). The EIDER DUCKS (Somateria):--The True Eider Duck, or St. Cuthbert's Duck--The King Eider. The WESTERN or STELLER'S EIDER DUCK (Somateria or Heniconetta Stellerii). The SCOTERS (Oidemia):--The Velvet Scoter. The FEN DUCKS (Aythya):--The Red-headed Duck, Dunbird, or Pochard. The PIN-TAILED DUCKS (Erismatura):--The White-headed Pin-tailed Duck 143-170

THE MERGANSERS, or GOOSANDERS (Mergi):--The White-headed Goosander--The Green-headed Goosander 170-174

THE SEA-FLIERS (Longipennes).

THE TERNS, or SEA SWALLOWS (Sternæ). The RAPACIOUS TERNS (Sylochelidon):--The Caspian Tern. The RIVER TERNS (Sterna):--The Common Tern--The Lesser Tern. The WATER SWALLOWS (Hydrochelidon):--The Black Marsh Tern--The White-winged Tern--The White bearded Tern--The White or Silky Tern--The Noddy 175-185

THE SCISSOR-BILLS (Rhynchopes):--The Indian Scissor-bill 185, 186

THE GULLS (Lari):--The Fishing Gulls--The Great Black-backed Gulls--The Lesser Black-backed or Yellow-legged Gull--The Herring Gull--The Large or Glaucous White-winged Gull--The Lesser White-winged Gull. The ICE GULLS (Pagophila):--The Ivory Gull 186-194

THE KITTIWAKES (Rissa). The BLACK-HEADED GULLS (Chroicocephalus):--The Laughing Gull--The Great Black-headed Gull--The Lesser Black-headed Gull--The Little Gull 194-198

THE SKUAS (Lestres):--The Common Skua--Buffon's or the Parasite Skua--Ross's Rosy Gull 198-203

THE PETRELS, or STORM BIRDS (Procellaridæ).--The ALBATROSSES (Diomedæ):--The Wandering Albatross--The Yellow-billed Albatross--The Sooty Albatross. The TRUE PETRELS (Procellariæ):--The Giant Petrel--The Fulmar Petrel--The Cape Petrel--The Broad-billed Prion, or Duck Petrel. The STORM PETRELS (Oceanides):--The Common Storm Petrel--Leach's Storm Petrel 203-217

THE PUFFINS (Puffini):--The Manx Puffin, or Shearwater 217, 218

THE OAR-FOOTED SEA-FLIERS (Steganopodes).

THE TROPIC BIRDS (Phaëton):--The White-tailed Tropic Bird. The Red-tailed Tropic Bird. The GANNETS (Sula):--The Common Gannet--The Frigate Bird 219-227

THE CORMORANTS (Haliei). The DARTERS, or SNAKE-NECKS (Plotus):--The Anhinga--Le Vaillant's Snake Bird--The Common Cormorant 227-235