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