LIST OF PLATES. 



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LIX.— Scaup Duck i6 



LX.— Long-tailed Duck 27 



LXL— Harlequin Duck 3i 



LXIL— Eider Duck 37 



LXIII.— Surf Scoter 49 



LXIV.— Red-breasted Merganser 61 



LXV.— Purple Heron {Frontispiece) 



LXVL— Common Heron 69 



LXVn.— Little Egret 77 



LXVHL— Little Bittern 89 



LXIX.— Common Bittern 93 



LXX.— White Stork 97 



LXXL— Glossy Ibis 105 



LXXn.— Spoon-bill 109 



LXXHL— Common Crane 113 



LXXIV.— Great Bustard II7 



LXXV.— Little Bustard 121 



LXXVL— Stone Curlew 127 



LXXVH.— Pratincole 133 



LXXVHL— Ringed Plover. ... ' I59 



LXXIX.— Lapwing I7i 



LXXX.— Turn-stone i77 



LXXXL— Oyster-catcher 181 



LXXXH.— Avocet 185 



LXXXHL— Black-winged Stilt 189 



LXXXIV.— Grey Phalarope 193 



LXXXV.— Wood-Cock 205 



LXXXVL --Jack Snipe 221 



LXXXVn.— Dunlin 229 



LXXXVHL— Rufif. 273 



LXXXIX.— Fig. I. Common Sandpiper. 



Fig. 2. Spotted Sandpiper 283 



XC.— Spotted Red-shank 295 



XCL— Black tailed Godwit 3^3 



XCn.— Common Curlew 3I7 



XCHL— Nestlings. 329 



