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PAGE TiiK Water Birds 84 Diving Birds — Long-winged Swimmers — Tube-nosed Swim- mers — Lamellirostral Swimmers — Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. — Cranes, Rails, etc. — Shore Birds. The Land Birds 100 Gallinaceous Birds — Pigeons and Doves — Birds of Prey — Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc. — Woodpeckers — Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbirds — Perching Birds.