The birds of Newfoundland

• Main Author: Peters, Harold S. (Harold Seymour), 1902-
• Other Authors: Burleigh, Thomas D. (Thomas Dearborn), 1895-, Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Published in association with the Dept. of Natural Resources, Province of Newfoundland, Houghton Mifflin 1951
• Subjects: Birds > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/72594

The Birds Of Newfoundland Map of Newfoundland -- Preface -- List of illustrations. Color plates -- Text figures -- Introduction -- Ornithological work in Newfoundland. Sources of information -- The study of birds in nature. Development of plumage -- Activities of birds -- Aids to identification -- Geographical distribution and life zones. Migration -- Banding -- Conservation and protection of birds. Attracting birds -- Systematic classfication. A list of the birds described from Newfoundland -- Annotated list of the birds of Newfoundland. Order Gaviiformes, loons. Family Gaviidae, loons -- Order Colymbiformes, grebes. Family Colymbidae, grebes -- Order Procellariiformes, tube-nosed swimmers. Family Diomedeidae, albatrosses -- Family Procellariidae, shearwaters, fulmars, petrels -- Family Hydrobatidae, storm petrels -- Order Pelecaniformes, Totipalmate swimmers. Family Sulidae, gannets -- Family Phalacrocoracidae, cormorants -- Family Fregatidae, Man-o'-War-Birds -- Order Ciconiiformes, herons and allies. Family Anatidae, geese and ducks -- Order Falconiformes, birds of prey. Family Cathartidae, American vultures -- Family Acciptriidae, hawks and eagles -- Family Pandionidae, ospreys -- Family Falconidae, falcons -- Order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds -- Family Tetraonidae, ptarmigans -- Order Gruiformes, rails and allies. Family Gruidae, cranes -- Family Rallidae, rails, gallinules, coots -- Order Charadriiformes, shore birds, gulls and allies. Family Charadriidae, plovers, turnstones -- Family Scolopacidae, woodcock, snipe, sandpipers -- Family Recurvirostridae, avocets, stilts -- Family Phalaropodidae, phalaropes -- Family Stercorariidae, jaegers, skuas -- Family Laridae, gulls, terns -- Family Alcidae, auks, murres, puffins -- Order Columbiformes, pigeon-like birds. Family Columbidae, pigeons, doves -- Order Strigiformes, owls. Family Strigidae, typical owls -- Order Caprimulgiformes, goatsuckers. Family Caprimulgidae, goatsuckers -- Order Apodiformes, swifts, hummingbirds. Family Apodidae, swifts -- ...