ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE GULLS AND THEIR ALLIES
Murrelets
Passing now to the second subfamily, brief mention may be made of the so-called Murrelets, the eight species of which are disposed among three genera, and all occurring in the Pacific, though not reaching so far north as those last considered.
They are for the most part slightly larger than the Auklets, approximating ten inches in length, and have a short, slender, compressed bill and a rather plainly colored plumage, without ornamental crest of any kind. It is possible that certain portions of the bill may be shed annually, as in the forms previously described, but this point is not satisfactorily settled.
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