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Fig. 3. — Left foot of Dromas ardeola, from the outside. 



Fig. 4. — Middle claw of right foot of D. ardeola, from the inner side (enlarged). 



1. Dromas ardeola. 



Dromas ardeola, Paykidl, K. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockh. xxvi. 

 pp. 182, 188, tab. 8 (1805 : India) ; Temm. PL Col. v. pi. 362 

 (1825) ; Dupont, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1826, p. 184, pi. 45 (Bengal) ; 

 Strickl. Ann. N. H. vii. p. 38 (1841) ; Gray, List Gralke Brit. 

 Mus. p. 73 (1844) ; Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 121 (1845 : Red Sea) ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 560 (1848) ; Blyth, Cat. B. As. Soc. p. 276 

 (1849: Ceylon, S. India); Reichenb. Av. Syst. Nat., Gall. p. xii, 

 Taf. 167. figs. 440-442 (1852) ; Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xxi. p. 352 

 (1852) ; id. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 27 (Ceylon) ; Layard, Ann. § Mag. 

 N. H. 1854, p. 270 (Ceylon) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 60 (1856 : Red 

 Sea) ; id. Ibis, 1859, p. 346 (Gulf of Aden) ; Hartl. Favn. Madag. 

 p. 85 (1801); Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Sterna, p. 41 (1863: Red 

 Sea) ; Jerd. B. hid. iii. p. 658 (1864) ; Pels. Reis. Novara, Vog. 

 p. 124 (1865: Nicobars); Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 270 (Natal 

 Coast) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 372 (1867 : Natal) ; Blyth, Ibis, 

 1867, p. 166; Beavan, t.c. p. 332 (Andamans); E. Newton, i.e. 

 pp. 351, 359 (Seychelles) ; Heugl. J.f. O. 1867, p. 285 (Dahlak) ; 

 van der Hoeven, Nova Acta Acad. Cces. Leop. xxxiii. no. 7 (1867) ; 

 Sperling, Ibis, 1868, p. 284 (Europa Is., Mozambique Channel) ; 

 Schl. $ Poll. Faune Madag., Ois. ii. p. 150 (1868); Cab. in Von 

 der Becken's Reis. iii. p. 46 (1869) ; Blanf. Geol. Sf Zool. Abyss. 

 p. 432 (1870) ; Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 295 (1870 : Suakin ; Zoulla ; 

 Massaua) ; Finsch Sf Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 627 (1870) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 41, no. 10237 (1871) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr.n. 

 pt. 1, p. 1043 (1873) ; Hume, Nests §■ Eggs 'hid. B. p. 584 (1873) ; 

 Ball, Str. F. i. p. 85 (1873 : Andamans and Nicobars) ; Hume, 

 t. c. p. 234 (Karacbi) ; Salvad. &; Antin. Viagg. Bogos, p. 142 

 (1873 : Massaua) ; Wald. Ibis, 1874, p. 146 (Andamans) ; Hume, 

 Str. F. ii. pp. 59, 293 (1874 : Andamans) ; Legge, Str. F. iii. 

 p. 220 (1875 : Ceylon) ; Le Messurier, t. c. p. 378 (Sindh) ; Hayes 

 Lloyd, Ibis, 1876, p. 280 (Katbiawar) ; Legge, Str. F. iv. p. 246 

 (1876: Ceylon); Hume, t. c. pp. 451, 464 (Laccadives), p. 496 

 (Mekran Coast) ; Butler, Str. F. v. pp. 212, 232 (1877 : Man- 

 davi) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 320 (1877) ; Otist. Bull. Soc. 

 Philomath. 1878, p. 184 (Se'ychelles) ; Butler, Str. F. vii. p. 186 

 (1878: Karachi Harbour) ;' Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 112 (1879), 

 pp. 381-384 (Mekran Coast, breeding) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. 



