LIST OF ILLUSTRATIVE FIGURES. 



PLATES. 



I. Digestive Organs of Lapwing, Dunlin, and Grey Phalarope. 

 II. Digestive Organs of Oyster-catcher, Curlew-billed Sandpiper, and Redshank. 



III. Digestive Organs of Black-billed Egret. 



IV. Digestive Organs of Corn Crake, and Bald Coot. 



WOOD CUTS. 



Fig. 1. Head of Grey Crane, Grus cinerea. Reduced three- eighths, page 20 



2. Head of Little Bustard, Otis Tetrax, - - - 3-5 



3. Head of Cream-coloured Courser, Cursorius Europaeus, - 42 



4. Head of Collared Pratincole, Glareola torquata, . - 49 



5. Sternum of Crested Lapwing, Vanellus cristatus, - 56 



6. Foot of Golden Plover, Pluvialis aurea, - - - 67 



7. Wing of Common Ring-Plover, Charadrius Hiaticula. Reduced 



one-third, 68 



8. Foot of Crested Lapwing, Vanellus cristatus, - - 68 



9. Head of Grey Plover, Pluvialis Squatarola, - - 86 



10. Head of Golden Plover, Pluvialis aurea, - - - 94 



11. Head of Common Ring-Plover, Charadrius Hiaticula, - 116 



12. Head of Crested Lapwing, Vanellus cristatus. Reduced one-half, 133 



13. Head of Collared Turnstone, Strepsilas Interpres, - - 143 



14. Head of Pied Oyster-catcher, Hsematopus Ostralegus. Reduced 



one-third, - - - - - 152 



15. Wing of Dimlin, Tringa Cinclus, ... 163 



16. Head of Common Ruff, Machetes pugnax. Reduced one-third, 171 



17. Head of Ash-coloured Sandpiper, Tringa Cauutus, - 185 



18. Head of Curlew-billed Sandpiper, Tringa subarquata, - 215 



19. Head of Common Sanderling, Calidris arenaria - 237 



20. Head of Great Curlew, Numenius Arquata. Reduced one-third, 243 



21. Head of Bar- tailed God wit, Limosa rufa. Reduced one-third, 260 



22. Foot of Red-necked Lobe-foot, Lobipes hyperboreus, • 290 



23. Head of Red-necked Lobe-foot, Lobipes hyperboreus, - 291 



24. Wing of White-breasted Weet-weet, Actitis Hypoleucos. Re- 



duced one-fourth, ----- 300 



25. Head of Avoset, Recurvirostra Avocetta. Reduced one-half, 306 



26. Head of Black-winged Stilt-shank. Himantopus melanopterus. 



Reduced one-fourth, - - - - 312 



