Transcriber's Note

The following index is provided to facilitate the search for the birds by linking to the Order pages of the three major divisions of the text.

ORDERS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

Links to Synopsis, Color Images, and Systematic Listing

OrderSynopsisColorSystematic
I.PYGOPODES. Grebes, Loons, and Auks.[9][42][285]
II.LONGIPENNES. Gulls, Terns, Jaegers, Etc.[10][49][258]
III.TUBINARES. Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Petrels, Etc.[12][61][260]
IV.STEGANOPODES. Cormorants, Pelicans, Gannets, Man-o'war Birds, and Tropic-Birds.[13][67][261]
V.ANSERES. Ducks, Geese, and Swans.[15][74][263]
VI.ODONTOGLOSSÆ. Flamingoes.[16][87][263]
VII.HERODIONES Herons, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills.[17][87][264]
VIII.PALUDICOLÆ. Cranes, Rails, Coots, Gallinules, Etc.[19][95][64]
IX.LIMICOLÆ. Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, Plovers, Etc.[21][100][265]
X.GALLINÆ. Grouse, Partridges, Bob-Whites, Etc.[25][113][268]
XI.COLUMBÆ. Pigeons and Doves.[27][123][269]
XII.RAPTORES. Vultures, Hawks, and Owls.[28][127][270]
XIII.PSITTACI. Paroquets and Parrots.[30][144][30]
XIV.COCCYGES. Cuckoos, Trogons, Kingfishers, Etc.[31][144][273]
XV.PICI. Woodpeckers.[32][148][273]
XVI.MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers, Swifts, and, Hummingbirds.[33][155][275]
XVII.PASSERES. Flycatchers, Jays, Blackbirds, Finches, Swallows, Warblers, Thrushes, and Other Perching Birds.[34][162][276]

COLOR KEY TO

NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

By FRANK M. CHAPMAN