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XX SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 



FAMILY CHARADRIID/E, or Plovers (continued)— 

 Black-tailed Godwit (Totanus melanurus) 

 Red-breasted Snipe (Ereunetes griseus) 

 Knot (Tringa camttus) 

 Curlew Sandpiper (Tringa subarquata) 

 Dunlin (Tringa alpina) 

 Bonaparte's Sandpiper (Tringa bonapartii) 

 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Tringa acuminata) 

 Purple Sandpiper (Tringa maritima) 

 Broad-billed Sandpiper (Tringa platyrhyncha) . . 

 Pectoral Sandpiper (Tringa pectoralis) 

 Little Stint (Tringa minuta) 

 American Stint (Tringa minutilla) . . 

 Temminck's Stint (Tringa temmincki) 

 Sanderling (Calidris arenaria) 

 Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites rufescens) . . 

 Woodcock (Scolopax rusticnla) 

 Great Snipe (Scolopax major) 

 Common Snipe (Scolopax gallinago) 

 Jack Snipe (Scolopax gallinula) 



FAMILY GRUIDyE, or Cranes— 

 Common Crane (Grits cinerea) 

 Demoiselle Crane {Grits virgo) 



FAMILY COLUMBID/E, or Pigeons — 

 Ring Dove (Columba palumbus) 

 Stock Dove (Columba anas) 

 Rock Dove (Columba livia) 

 Turtle Dove (Tiirtur auritus) 

 Oriental Turtle Dove (Tartar orientalis) 

 American Passenger Pigeon (Ectupistcs migratorius) 



FAMILY PTEROCLID.E, or Sand Grouse — 



Pallas's Sand Grouse (Syrrhaptcs paradoxus) . . 47 160 



FAMILY CYPSELID.E, or Swifts— 

 Common Swift (Cypsclus apus) 

 White-bellied Swift (Cypsclus melba) 

 Needle-tailed Swift (Chatura caudacuta) 



FAMILY CAPRIMULGIDiE, or Nightjars — 

 Common Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaus) 

 Isabelline Nightjar (Caprimulgus cegyptius) 

 Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ritficollis) 



FAMILY MEROPID.E, or Bee-eaters— 

 Common Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) 

 Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) 



